The Virginian-Pilot
NORFOLK, Va. — The family of an inmate who died by suicide at the Norfolk City Jail has reached a $950,000 settlement in a federal lawsuit filed in federal court against the Norfolk Sheriff’s Office and former staff, whose actions were found to have led to the inmate’s death.
The lawsuit was filed by Jamie Vinson, the mother of Philemon Vinson, 24, who died by suicide while in custody at the jail in 2022 on a misdemeanor charge…