At least 37 federal lawsuits have been filed against the jail and/or its doctor since his contract began in 2016.
Highlights
- Walt Kelly was taken to Washington County Detention Center in Arkansas in November 2017 for two counts of delivering an ounce of marijuana.
- Kelly, 49, was undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder.
- Kelly said he was left “left to die in my own misery, in my mental health nightmare” last year.
- ACLU of Arkansas filed a lawsuit against the facility and Dr.
- Robert Karas last month on behalf of four inmates who said they were treated with ivermectin without their knowledge.
- Karas has admitted to administering the drug but said detainees were “not forced” to take it, is the same doctor that Kelly said refused to see him during his stay.