City Hall must pay $1.5 million to the family of an inmate who died inside a Philadelphia jail in 2023, a jury ruled this week.
Louis Jung Jr., 50, a Type 1 diabetic, received sporadic insulin and blood-glucose checks in the 10 days he spent at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, following a stint at a psychiatric hospital.
An additional $170,000 in punitive damages was assessed to Philadelphia Department of Prisons Lt. Wanda Bloodsaw, who allegedly ordered two other incarcerated men to drag Jung back into his cell as he was dying of diabetic ketoacidosis…