A federal civil rights lawsuit says the death of a Black teenager at a Kansas juvenile detention center was foreshadowed by a 2016 state inspection of the facility that noted systemic deficiencies in its handling of children with mental health issues
to the Sedgwick County Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center, where he had to be resuscitated after he was held facedown for more than 30 minutes during an altercation. He died two days later.
“Cedric would be alive today if Sedgwick County executives and the Wichita Police Department followed the clear recommendations of the report issued by the Kansas Department of Corrections in March of 2016,” said Andrew M. Stroth, the lead attorney representing the family. The scathing inspection also cited the facility's need for assistance in dealing with a Wichita Police Department “who too often dropped juveniles at JIAC's door as a form of punishment while refusing any obligation to transport such juveniles for mental health treatment," according to the court filing.“Everything that happened in that report lines up precisely with what happened to Cedric,” Stroth said.
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