TO
TO SAVE
TO SAVE SCHNEIDERMAN'S FURNITURE. BUT HURRY IN BECAUSE
THE CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE
ENDS TUESDAY
ENDS TUESDAY >>. A NEW KARE11 INVESTIGATION
HAS UNCOVERED A PATTERN OF OFTEN
FLAWED AND LARGELY IN EFFECTIVE
STATE INVESTIGATIONS INTO DEATHS
OF MINNEOSOTA INMATES BEHIND
BARS. HERE'S AJ LAGOE WITH OUR
CONTINUING INVESTIGATION CRUEL
AND UNUSUAL
AND UNUSUAL >> THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE GIVEN
NO MENTAL HEALTH CARE . HE
>> NEVER PHYSICALLY SOEONE
A DOCTOR IN THE MIDST OF A
PSYCHOLOGICAL BREAKDOWN. NOT
PROPERLY SUPERVISED. THEY LIED
>> ABOUT CHECKING ON
PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY PARALYZED
>>, LYING IN HIS OWN FILTH TOLD
HE WAS FAKING. HE WAS TREATED
WORSE THAN A DOG. HARDEL CHERYL
BRETT HUBA AND JAMES LYNESS
THREE LIVES, THREE DEATHS
AND HIS KARE11 DISCOVERED THREE
DEEPLY FLAWED INVESTIGATIONS BY
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS. A JAIL SENTENCE
SHOULDN'T BE A DEATH SENTENCE.
>> SHE A PERRY SON HARDEL CHERYL
DIED AT THE BELTRAMI COUNTY JAIL
IN AGONIZING PAIN AFTER BEGGING
FOR MEDICAL HELP . FOR DAYS,
HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL
STATE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
IGNORED KEY EVIDENCE FINDING
THE JAIL COMMITTED NO
VIOLATIONS.
VIOLATIONS. >> REPORT WAS NOTHING BUT A MADE
UP LIE.
UP LIE.
UP LIE. >> MISS PERRY'S PUBLIC PROTESTS
FORCE THE D.O.C. TO REOPEN
THE INVESTIGATION. THIS SECOND
LOOK FOUND REGULAR AND GROSS
VIOLATION OF MINNEOSOTA JAIL
STANDARDS. A STATE REVIEW OF ALL
JAIL DEATHS IN THE PAST FIVE
YEARS WAS THEN ORDERED BY DEACY
COMMISSIONER PAUL SCHNELL.
>> OBVIOUSLY I WAS DEEPLY
CONCERNED BY WHAT I SAW IN THAT
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. >>
CASE. >> THAT STATE WIDE REVIEW IS
ONGOING AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE FINDING. BUT OUR
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED A PATTERN OF THE DLC REGULARLY
MISSING OR DISMISSING CRITICAL
EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS DEATHS COULD
HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
>> EXAMPLE JAMES LINER'S
REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED SUICIDAL
THOUGHTS WHILE AT THE SHERBURN
COUNTY JAIL WHEN HE HANGED
HIMSELF. THE D.O.C. FROM
THE JAIL COMMITTED NO
VIOLATIONS, BUT THE LINUS FAMILY
ATTORNEY BOB BENNETT SAYS HE
DISCOVERED SOMETHING FAR
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. >> THE COMPLETE DELIVERED
DIFFERENCE . LINUS WAS ON
A SPECIAL WATCH REQUIRING GUARDS
TO CHECK ON HIM EVERY 15
MINUTES. THEY MADE THOSE CHECKS
FROM THE CATWALK AT THE BACK
OF HIS CELL LOOKING THROUGH
A SMALL OBSTRUCTED WINDOW. THEY
COULDN'T EVEN SEE ALL THE WAY
INSIDE THAT REVELATION LET
A FEDERAL JUDGE TO RECENTLY
RIGHT THE GUARDS CHECKS AMOUNTED
TO NO CHECK AT ALL. DOES
THAT TELL YOU THAT DO USE
HIS DEATH INVESTIGATIONS OR NOT
FURROW ENOUGH? YEAH, THAT TELLS
ME THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE ARE THERE HAS TO BE
A MUCH DEEPER LEVEL
OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN THESE CASES
>>. EVEN WHEN D.O.C. INSPECTIONS
FIND MISTAKES, JAILS FAILING
TO PROPERLY CARE FOR INMATES,
OUR INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED
THEY RARELY IF EVER TAKE
DECISIVE ACTION TO SAVE FUTURE
LIVES. EXAMPLE INSPECTIONS AT
THE TODD COUNTY JAIL. IN 2015
THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT
WELL-BEING CHECKS IN 2016.
A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IN REGARD
TO WELL-BEING CHECKS. GUARDS
WERE FALSELY CLAIMING TO HAVE
CHECKED ON INMATES WHEN VIDEOS
SHOWED IT HAD NEVER HAPPENED.
AND NOW I NO LONGER HAVE A SON
>>. BRETT HUBER'S SENIOR SON
BRETT JUNIOR WAS A UNITED STATES
SENATE STAFFER WHO BATTLED
ADDICTION AND IN 2017 SUFFERED
A MENTAL BREAK. HE LANDED IN THE
SAME TODD COUNTY JAIL. COURT
RECORDS FROM A LAWSUIT
THE COUNTY SETTLED WITH HIS
FAMILY REVEALED THE GUARD'S
SUPPOSED TO BE MONITORING BRETT
FALSELY LOG. THEY CHECKED ON HIM
EVEN AS HE LAY ON HIS CELL FLOOR
WITH A SHEET WRAPPED AROUND
HIS NECK. IT GETS WORSE. ANOTHER
INMATE HAD DIED IN THE JAIL
ONE MONTH BEFORE. IN THAT CASE,
THE D.O.C. FOUND TWO WELL-BEING
CHECKS NOTED BY GUARDS. NEITHER
OF WHICH OCCURRED
>> CLEARLY THEY KNEW THIS JAIL
WASN'T PERFORMING STANDARDS.
CLEARLY NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT
IT. AND IT COST A 25 YEAR OLD
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN HIS LIFE.
JAILS THAT AREN'T PERFORMING
HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. CAN
>> MORE BE DONE TO HOLD JAILS
ACCOUNTABLE? WELL . NORTH DAKOTA
RECENTLY TOOK QUICK ACTION
TO TEMPORARILY SHUT THE ROLETTE
COUNTY JAIL DOWN FOR VIOLATING
INMATE CHECK POLICIES AFTER
A DEATH. BUT IN MINNESOTA,
OUR INVESTIGATION FINDS
THE D.O.C. DOES NOTHING
TO MANDATE COMPLIANCE. WE TOOK
OUR FINDINGS TO COMMISSIONER
SCHNELL
SCHNELL
SCHNELL >> AND THAT'S WHAT I'M COMMITTED
TO CORRECTING TO DO A LOOK BACK
OVER SOME OF THE VERY CASES
THAT YOU'RE CITING TODAY AND SAY
HOW IS IT THAT WE WE NOTED THESE
PROBLEMS? BUT THEN THERE WAS NO
REAL ACTION
REAL ACTION >> AFTER WE RECORDED
THAT INTERVIEW WITH COMMISSIONER
SHEL, THE HEAD OF THE JAIL
INSPECTION UNIT WAS PLACED
UNPAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
IN ADDITION TO THE INVESTIGATION
INTO ALL JAIL DEATHS
IN MINNESOTA. WE'RE TOLD THERE'S
ALSO NOW AN INTERNAL D.O.C.
INVESTIGATION GOING ON INTO
THE PRACTICES OF THE INSPECTION
UNIT FOR KARE11 INVESTIGATES
A MAJOR