Inmate Dies Begging for Water in Prison ran by Trump Supporter Sheriff Clarke
A municipal medical examiner declared the death of a prisoner at The Milwaukee County Jail a homicide by "profound dehydration" last week, leading to questions as to how inmates might be getting treated at the facility. News of the disclosure is garnering significant attention due to recognition of anti-Black Lives Matter Sheriff David Clarke as the party who provides oversight for the jail.
Nine days after his arrest in connection with a shooting, 38-year-old Terrill Thomas was found dead in his cell, on April 24. According to his fellow inmates, Thomas had been heard begging for something to drink for at least six days; over the duration of which, the water in his cell had been shut off, investigators confirm. Attorney Erik J. Heipt, who has been representing Thomas' family, said that there had been others from Milwaukee County Jail who've contacted him to complain that their water too has been cut off. Albeit death by dehydration is something that rarely occurs in prison, there, in fact, was an incident in 2011 in which a prisoner, Antonio Cowser, died after his cell stopped running water.
“They may well have had reason to turn off the water. There absolutely could be reasons why you’d want to turn off someone’s water in their cell. But to then not give them drinking water? That’s crazy,” Heipt said. “To make a human being die of thirst, where they have no ability to get their own water for survival, that’s pretty inhumane. It doesn’t get much worse than that.”
Nine days after his arrest in connection with a shooting, 38-year-old Terrill Thomas was found dead in his cell, on April 24. According to his fellow inmates, Thomas had been heard begging for something to drink for at least six days; over the duration of which, the water in his cell had been shut off, investigators confirm. Attorney Erik J. Heipt, who has been representing Thomas' family, said that there had been others from Milwaukee County Jail who've contacted him to complain that their water too has been cut off. Albeit death by dehydration is something that rarely occurs in prison, there, in fact, was an incident in 2011 in which a prisoner, Antonio Cowser, died after his cell stopped running water.
“They may well have had reason to turn off the water. There absolutely could be reasons why you’d want to turn off someone’s water in their cell. But to then not give them drinking water? That’s crazy,” Heipt said. “To make a human being die of thirst, where they have no ability to get their own water for survival, that’s pretty inhumane. It doesn’t get much worse than that.”
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