Ex-Cuyahoga County Jail Director Ken Mills is handcuffed after a judge sentenced him to nine months in jail.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An appeals court on Thursday threw out the conviction of the former Cuyahoga County Jail director who prosecutors said mismanaged the facility and created inhumane conditions.
Judges Cornelius O’Sullivan and Emanuella Groves took most issue with prosecutors presenting to jurors a photograph of an inmate hunched over on the floor in the minutes before he died. The county facility downtown was already overcrowded and understaffed when Mills brought in hundreds of new inmates from those jails. He also interfered with the facility’s medical director to hire more nurses and told Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish’s administration that there was no money in the budget for more nurses. Mills also changed the jail’s policies to allow corrections officers, instead of nurses, to conduct medical screenings of inmates when they were booked into the jail.
Patricia Cosgrove, a former Summit County judge who heard the case because Cuyahoga County judges recused themselves, initially told prosecutors to limit their mentions of the deaths and reminded jurors that Mills was not charged with directly causing any of the deaths.
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