Otieno was treated briefly for mental illness before being taken to jail, then to Dinwiddie mental hospital where he died of suffocation in police custody
The family of the man who died March 6 in custody at Central State Hospital in Dinwiddie settled the suit for an undisclosed amount, but some reports set it at $8.5 million
The problem of staff brutality towards patients on the psych wards disproportionately affects people of color and continues to happen every day behind locked doors.