Washington county will close jail and pay $2.5M to family after man's suicide in solitary dungeon

“This never should have been allowed to happen,” said David Lara, his father, when the claim was filed in 2023. “As a parent to a young man with addiction issues, sometimes I prayed that my son would get picked up because he is safer in jail than on the streets.”

Terrible. We need better rehabilitation facilities. Sad how for a lot of people jail cold turkey is the only solution to a hard drug addiction. And without follow through its only temporary