A confidential settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over the death of a Winston-Salem man at the Forsyth County Jail in May 2017. Deshawn Coley, the lawsuit alleges, begged
The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners is likely on Thursday to pick a different company to manage health care at the county jail, more than a year after the death of John Neville brought medical treatment at the jail into sharp focus here.
And commissioners are also likely to spend extra money providing expanded mental health services at the jail, in response to concerns expressed by many, including Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough, that mental health treatment is something many people need who end up in jail.
Wellpath, the current provider, was among six companies that submitted proposals to the county for the new contract, which will take effect on Sept. 1.
Forsyth County Jail s medical provider is scheduled to stand trial in April 2023 over allegations that staff repeatedly ignored a Winston-Salem man s asthma, leading to his death more than three years ago.Â
Deshawn Lamont Coley, 39, was one of two Winston-Salem men who died at the Forsyth County Jail in May 2017. Coley died in the early morning hours of May 2, 2017, less than a month after he came into the jail to serve a six-month sentence for driving while impaired. An autopsy said he died as a result of complications from asthma.
On May 26, 2017, another man, Stephen Antwan Patterson, 40, died at the jail.