Man 'abandoned' in US jail gets $4m in compensation

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A university student in the US city of San Diego has received $4.1m (£2.7m) from the US government after he was abandoned for more than four days in a prison cell, his lawyer said.

Daniel Chong said he drank his urine to stay alive, tried to carve a message to his mother on his arm and hallucinated.

He was held in a drug raid in 2012, but told he would not be charged. Nobody returned to his cell for four days.

The justice department's inspector is now investigating what happened.

Mr Chong, now 25, said he slid a shoelace under the door and screamed to get attention before five or six people found him covered in his faeces in the cell at the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) San Diego headquarters.

After Mr Chong was rescued, he spent five days in hospital recovering from dehydration, kidney failure, cramps and a perforated oesophagus. He also lost 15lb (7kg).

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This is horrid. Fuck the DEA, Seriously.
 
The officers responsible for this should be kicked off the police force, pay a fine to the victim's family, and spend a long-ass time in jail. Long enough to make their current life irrelevant.
 
The one good thing about the legal system in the US is if something like this happens you could land a massive payout,
compare it to this; http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-time...ers-cashing-in-for-extended-stays-behind-bars where one prisoner was wrongfully detained for more than 187 days , he apparently "cashed in" when himself and 2 other prisoners shared in a pay out of only $27000.
I'm sure in many other countries you wouldn't get anything.
No way am I supporting the DEA or their actions but seriously this dude will now be better off than he was before with his cut of $4.1m in the bank.
 
Wow. The richest country in the world, and this is the kind of shit that happens.
I blame the drug war - he should not have gone to jail originally! Drugs are a victimless crime.
And the bloated and rich prisons got that way due to the drug war.
Fuck all of this.
(But, for 4 million, I would drink my own piss for 4 days!)
 
Well he is set for the rest of his life. Not much different than a couple days in the county jail in Ky.
 
oldirtybizza said:
The one good thing about the legal system in the US is if something like this happens you could land a massive payout,
compare it to this; http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-time...ers-cashing-in-for-extended-stays-behind-bars where one prisoner was wrongfully detained for more than 187 days , he apparently "cashed in" when himself and 2 other prisoners shared in a pay out of only $27000.
I'm sure in many other countries you wouldn't get anything.
No way am I supporting the DEA or their actions but seriously this dude will now be better off than he was before with his cut of $4.1m in the bank.
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I suppose but the damage that has been done, physically and emotionally...wow! Not knowing if you are truly going to die in there...jail is bad but to have that happen..I don't know...would take a long time to recover
 
I have full faith in the belief that those responsible will be held accountable for this
 
Lazaraus45 said:
I have full faith in the belief that those responsible will be held accountable for this
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they won't, theyll get a slap on the wrist as always. Police officers are the incarnation of the justice, and they are untouchable and can get away with shooting hyour dog,forgetting you in jail and beating on you 20 at a time because they dont like you. Or so they think. I hope somebody sperms on their donuts. Assholes.
 
PurpleKush1 said:
they won't, theyll get a slap on the wrist as always. Police officers are the incarnation of the justice, and they are untouchable and can get away with shooting hyour dog,forgetting you in jail and beating on you 20 at a time because they dont like you. Or so they think.
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Yeah I was being sarcastic

PurpleKush1 said:
I hope somebody sperms on their donuts.
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This made me chuckle though :D
 
I question how four days would do this much damage. But I've only gone two, around, and wasn't drinking only my pee, and probably took vitamin c.

But more on point of subject, I add my disgust with the DEA. Go away DEA.
 
slimvictor said:
Gives a whole new meaning to the term "creme-filled", doesn't it? =D
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Make sure they've been left in the sun for a couple of days first, then you'll have custom Krispy-Kremes.

What 23 said:
I question how four days would do this much damage. But I've only gone two, around, and wasn't drinking only my pee, and probably took vitamin c.
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Yeah, it's the pee-drinking that will have done it. It's not exactly healthy.
 
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