Family of inmate who died by suicide sues Sherburne County

The family of a 23-year-old man who died by suicide in the Sherburne County jail is suing the county and two of its correctional officers in connection with his death, after he was found hanged in the same cell where another inmate killed himself in the same manner three years earlier.

Justice L. White died at the hospital on April 21, 2020, 11 days after he made a noose from a sheet inside a segregated unit at the Sherburne County jail. After officers found White in his cell, they performed CPR but he never regained consciousness.

Christine M. Roybal, White's aunt and trustee for his family, is seeking monetary damages for the loss of life "due to the deliberate indifference of the defendants," according to a complaint filed Wednesday in federal court.

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