mental illness in prison

  • Wis. Inmate's Death by Dehydration Ruled a Homicide

    The death of Terrill Thomas, a mentally ill black man who died of dehydration after begging for drinking water while being held in a Milwaukee jail, has been ruled a homicide, a county medical examiner revealed Thursday, Reuters reports. Thomas was found dead April 24, nine days after he was arrested as a suspect in…