Lawsuit filed by man trapped in Cook County Jail for 30 hours
Source: Chicago Tribune
The man who got trapped inside the Cook County Jail for more than 30 hours earlier this month filed suit against the county Monday, saying he was handcuffed and questioned after he knocked a sprinkler head off the wall and officials found him.
The detail came out at a news conference with attorney Cannon Lambert and Farad Polk, 51, of Chicago who was trapped in a room in the jail, where he had gone July 5 to visit his incarcerated son.
The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Court, alleges that county officials were negligent in allowing Polk to enter a room he thought was a visiting area and then get stuck inside of it alone without food, water or a toilet for 32 hours.
When officials finally found him in the room, he was initially handcuffed and questioned, Lambert said.
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