A MAN’S DEATH IN THE CIBOLA COUNTY JAIL IN 2016 HAS LED TO A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND RECORDS SHOW THAT DOUGLAS EDMISTEN WAS REPEATEDLY DENIED MEDICAL CARE AFTER HE BECOME VIOLENTLY ILL INSIDE THE JAIL. HE LATER DIED OF A BURST BLOOD VESSEL IN HIS STOMACH.
EDMISTEN WAS AN ARMY VETERAN WHO WAS AWAITING TRIAL ON A DWI CHARGE. THE CIBOLA COUNTY CORRECTIONAL CENTER HAS SINCE CLOSED.
