Report Released on Inmate Left to Die in Jail Cell

Kelly Coltrane sits on her cot in a Mineral County Jail cell, suffering through withdrawal symptoms. Mineral County Sheriff's Office
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Nevada state authorities have released a 300-page report detailing how a 27-year-old woman held for overdue traffic tickets ended up dead in her jail cell.

According to the reports, Mineral County Jail personnel violated multiple policies when they denied the woman medical care, even though she informed them that she was withdrawing from addictive drugs and prone to seizures, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.
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