Two Chattanooga families have filed lawsuits against Hamilton County and the Hamilton County Sheriff s office, alleging medical negligence and poor living conditions caused the deaths of their loved ones detained at the Silverdale Detention Center.
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is combing back through its jail inmate records after the Chattanooga Times Free Press identified two cases in which an inmate died and the fatality was not included in a list of 2022 deaths.
Over 30 people showed support to three Chattanooga-area families who gathered at the Eastdale Village Community United Methodist Church on Friday night to talk about the loss of their loved ones after allegedly suffering medical neglect, two at the Silverdale Detention Center and one at the Hamilton County Jail.