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Published: August 10, 2008
Oklahoma County jail legal settlements cost $2.5M
By John Estus
© Copyright 2008, The Oklahoman

Allegations of death, abuse and neglect in the Oklahoma County jail cost taxpayers more than $2.5 million in legal settlements and attorney fees in the past decade, county records show.

One inmate reached a $580,000 settlement after jailers beat him so severely his testicles swelled to the size of "softballs,” said officials who saw pictures of the injury.

Anothe...

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