Essex County to pay $8M to family of mentally ill detainee beaten into coma

Essex County and its jail medical contractor, CFG Health Systems, have agreed to pay $8 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Jayshawn Boyd.

Boyd was beaten into a coma by fellow inmates at the Essex County Correctional Facility in 2021.

The $8 million settlement, first reported by Transparency NJ, resolves a lawsuit filed by Boyd’s family…

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