A state review found that the jail handled the situation with compassion.
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Abby Lee Rudolph (Submitted photo)
MOORHEAD, Minn. Abby Rudolph died in 2016 at the age of 19 when she was an inmate in the Clay County Jail.
The circumstances of her death are the subject of a civil lawsuit that s making its way through U.S. District Court. The lawsuit asserts that after nearly four days in jail Rudolph died on Nov. 3, 2016, from a lack of medical care that surpassed mere negligence to something that shocks the conscience.
By contrast, a state agency s review of the Clay County Jail after Rudolph s death determined that the jail had displayed professionalism and treated Rudolph with compassion.
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KARE 11 Investigates: Unethical record of Minnesota’s largest jail health care provider
Led by a doctor reprimanded by the state medical board, a KARE 11 investigation finds MEnD Correctional Care now faces multiple federal lawsuits over inmate deaths Author: Brandon Stahl (KARE11), A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert Published: 7:18 PM EST December 10, 2020 Updated: 11:35 PM EST December 10, 2020
Dr. Todd Leonard sat before the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice, ready for his punishment.
An investigation by the state Attorney General’s office revealed a long list of what the board would call “unethical and unprofessional conduct.”
Among them: records show he repeatedly prescribed narcotics without documenting if his patients actually needed them; if he put them on the drugs, he often failed document their risk for suicide or addiction, then failed to see if they actually worked or if his patients were stealing the drugs.