Ramsey County Ordered to Pay $3.6M Settlement After Death of Inmate due to Medical Emergency

Ramsey County is ordered to pay a $3.6 million settlement after a federal civil rights and disability discrimination lawsuit was filed over the death of Dillon Bakke, who suffered a medical emergency at Ramsey County Jail in August 2022.

The lawsuit states that Bakke was found unresponsive in his cell the morning he was set to be released and died at the hospital weeks later. 

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