Melody Morgan

Nevada to pay $1.35M to family of prisoner whose suicide spurred wrongful death lawsuit

Melody Morgan died by suicide at the age of 25 while incarcerated at the state-run Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center, days after her mother had asked for her to be placed on suicide watch.

Wrongful death lawsuit alleges negligence, poor medical care led to a prisoner’s suicide

Morgan’s family says Nevada prison officials failed to take appropriate precautions and provide proper care while she was incarcerated, leading to her death by suicide at age 25 in 2018.

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