An Oklahoma woman has filed a federal lawsuit alleging she suffered severe facial burns while in custody at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in 2021.
Chandra Graham alleges she was “subjected to inhuman conditions of confinement in the suicide watch wing” at the Oklahoma County Detention Center , according to the lawsuit, which was filed on March 28, 2023.
Medical records obtained by ABC News show Graham was moved to a "dry" cell as part of the suicide watch. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office and the Oklahoma County Detention Center public information officers said they could not comment on pending litigation when contacted by ABC News. Corporal McKinley, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, could not be reached since his full name was not revealed.
“Time and time again, it comes from a lack of training, but also just an indifference to the conditions that Miss Graham had to deal with,” said Van Coevorden. Van Coevorden said Graham did not receive medical care other than the cream for five days, until she was transferred to another jail and released. Scimeca said that Graham’s family took her to the hospital upon release, but the rural hospital could not handle the extent of her injuries and had to transfer her to a larger hospital.
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