The family of a woman who died inside a Nevada county jail says guards ignored her pleas to be taken to a doctor.
Kelly Coltrain was pulled over for speeding, and then jailed for unpaid tickets and driving on a suspended license. Three days later, she died in her cell.
Surveillance footage of Coltrain’s final hours inside the Mineral County Jail shows she admitted she was having drug withdrawals and requested to see a doctor.
A 300-page report by the Nevada Department of Public Safety says staff at the Mineral County Jail disobeyed department policies by not taking her to a doctor or doing regular welfare checks.
Her family filed a federal lawsuit last week, accusing jail officials of violating her civil rights and inflicting cruel and unusual punishment.
