Prisoner nearly dies after DEA forgot he was in a holding cell.

[iamwhatiseem]

You talk about a f*ck up!
5 days this kid was left in a 5x10 holding cell with no food or water.
He drank his own urine to stay alive.
Holy Hell...well...he will be a millionaire now!

California student left in cell for 5 days without food or water files $20M claim against DEA | Fox News

Earlier Wednesday, the DEA issued an apology to Chong in the form of a statement from the top federal drug agent in San Diego, acting special agent in charge William R. Sherman.

"I am deeply troubled by the incident that occurred here last week," the statement said, without mentioning Chong by name. "I extend my deepest apologies to the young man and want to express that this event is not indicative of the high standards that I hold my employees to. I have personally ordered an extensive review of our policies and procedures."

Read more: California student left in cell for 5 days without food or water files $20M claim against DEA | Fox News

 

[RoadVirus]

Absolutely unacceptable.

Earlier Wednesday, the DEA issued an apology to Chong in the form of a statement from the top federal drug agent in San Diego, acting special agent in charge William R. Sherman.

Apology NOT accepted. A check for, oh....$5 million, will however, be accepted.

 

[Graybeard]

He must be a Bear Grills fan.

 

[whitehall]

This kind of criminal negligence should be major news but not a peep out of the A.P. and even Fox hasn't said anything. Did the federal government put a blackout on the story?

 

[bayoubill]

(shiver...) being locked in an oubliette is the stuff of nightmares...

 

[waltky]

“Hang tight, we’ll come get you in a minute”...

Student abandoned in cell four days gets US$4.1m
Thu, Aug 01, 2013 - A 25-year old college student reached a US$4.1 million settlement with the US government after he was abandoned in a windowless cell for more than four days without food or water, his attorneys said on Tuesday.

Daniel Chong said he drank his own urine to stay alive, hallucinated that agents were trying to poison him with gases through the vents and tried to carve a farewell message to his mother in his arm. It remained unclear how the situation occurred, and no one has been disciplined, said Eugene Iredale, an attorney for Chong. The US Department of Justice’s inspector general is investigating. “It sounded like it was an accident — a really, really bad, horrible accident,” Chong said. Chong was taken into custody during a drug raid and placed in the cell in April last year by a police officer authorized to perform Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) work. The officer told Chong he would not be charged and said: “Hang tight, we’ll come get you in a minute,” Iredale said.

US Department of Justice spokeswoman Allison Price confirmed the settlement was reached for US$4.1 million, but declined to answer other questions. The DEA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Chong said he planned to save and buy his parents a house. Chong was a 23-year-old engineering student when he was at a friend’s house, where the DEA found 18,000 ecstasy pills, other drugs and weapons. Iredale acknowledged Chong was there to consume marijuana. Chong and eight other people were taken into custody, but authorities decided against pursuing charges against him after questioning.

Chong said he began to hallucinate on the third day in the cell. He urinated on a metal bench so he could have something to drink. He stacked a blanket, his pants and shoes on a bench and tried to reach an overhead fire sprinkler, trying with his cuffed hands to set it off. Chong said he accepted the possibility of death. He bit into his eyeglasses to break them and used a shard of glass to try to carve “Sorry Mom” onto his arm so he could leave something for her. He only managed to finish an “S.”

Chong said he slid a shoelace under the door and screamed to get attention before five or six people found him covered in his feces in the cell. “All I wanted was my sanity,” Chong said. “I wasn’t making any sense.” Chong was hospitalized for five days for dehydration, kidney failure, cramps and a perforated esophagus. He lost 6.8kg. The DEA issued a rare public apology at the time, and introduced national detention standards as a result of the ordeal, including daily inspections and a requirement for cameras in cells, said Julia Yoo, one of his lawyers.

Student abandoned in cell four days gets US$4.1m - Taipei Times

 

[Zona]

You talk about a f*ck up!
5 days this kid was left in a 5x10 holding cell with no food or water.
He drank his own urine to stay alive.
Holy Hell...well...he will be a millionaire now!

California student left in cell for 5 days without food or water files $20M claim against DEA | Fox News

Earlier Wednesday, the DEA issued an apology to Chong in the form of a statement from the top federal drug agent in San Diego, acting special agent in charge William R. Sherman.

"I am deeply troubled by the incident that occurred here last week," the statement said, without mentioning Chong by name. "I extend my deepest apologies to the young man and want to express that this event is not indicative of the high standards that I hold my employees to. I have personally ordered an extensive review of our policies and procedures."

Read more: California student left in cell for 5 days without food or water files $20M claim against DEA | Fox News

I read about this. Didn't he get 4 mil. Honestly four days of hell for 4 mil. I would do it.

 

[Yurt]

i thought it was 4 mill for four days....

and he deserves every penny

btw...not one single person has been fired over this incident and they still don't know what happened. disgusting.

 

[MeNonPartisan]

It is unacceptable, however, I have a difficult time viewing criminals as victims.

 

[Zona]

It is unacceptable, however, I have a difficult time viewing criminals as victims.

Did you read the story. He was released. As in NO charges. lthen they sort of lost him...how exactly is he a criminal?


Oh and one more freaky part of this was he was cuffed. To me...that really really makes me wish he got more than 4 mil.

 

[Yurt]

It is unacceptable, however, I have a difficult time viewing criminals as victims.

he isn't a criminal...never charged and was supposed to be released after a few hours

 

[Missourian]

You talk about a f*ck up!
5 days this kid was left in a 5x10 holding cell with no food or water.
He drank his own urine to stay alive.
Holy Hell...well...he will be a millionaire now!

California student left in cell for 5 days without food or water files $20M claim against DEA | Fox News

Earlier Wednesday, the DEA issued an apology to Chong in the form of a statement from the top federal drug agent in San Diego, acting special agent in charge William R. Sherman.

"I am deeply troubled by the incident that occurred here last week," the statement said, without mentioning Chong by name. "I extend my deepest apologies to the young man and want to express that this event is not indicative of the high standards that I hold my employees to. I have personally ordered an extensive review of our policies and procedures."

Read more: California student left in cell for 5 days without food or water files $20M claim against DEA | Fox News

I read about this. Didn't he get 4 mil. Honestly four days of hell for 4 mil. I would do it.

Suing the government...what do they care...it's not their money.

It's our money.

 

[Zona]

It is unacceptable, however, I have a difficult time viewing criminals as victims.

he isn't a criminal...never charged and was supposed to be released after a few hours

Well. Technically he was.

 

[Yurt]

It is unacceptable, however, I have a difficult time viewing criminals as victims.

he isn't a criminal...never charged and was supposed to be released after a few hours

Well. Technically he was.

how do you figure?

 

[Zona]

You talk about a f*ck up!
5 days this kid was left in a 5x10 holding cell with no food or water.
He drank his own urine to stay alive.
Holy Hell...well...he will be a millionaire now!

California student left in cell for 5 days without food or water files $20M claim against DEA | Fox News

I read about this. Didn't he get 4 mil. Honestly four days of hell for 4 mil. I would do it.

Suing the government...what do they care...it's not their money.

It's our money.

I am sorry...he would get more.

 

[Yurt]

You talk about a f*ck up!
5 days this kid was left in a 5x10 holding cell with no food or water.
He drank his own urine to stay alive.
Holy Hell...well...he will be a millionaire now!

California student left in cell for 5 days without food or water files $20M claim against DEA | Fox News

I read about this. Didn't he get 4 mil. Honestly four days of hell for 4 mil. I would do it.

Suing the government...what do they care...it's not their money.

It's our money.

so the government should not be responsible to him for his damages?

 

[Zona]

he isn't a criminal...never charged and was supposed to be released after a few hours

Well. Technically he was.

how do you figure?

Well, he was to be release in a 'couple' hours. It just took 96 hours.

 

[Jarlaxle]

It is unacceptable, however, I have a difficult time viewing criminals as victims.

How psychotic.

 

[Yurt]

Well. Technically he was.

how do you figure?

Well, he was to be release in a 'couple' hours. It just took 96 hours.

that doesn't make him a criminal zona. criminal has a specific meaning and just because you're held does not make you a criminal.

 

[Zona]

how do you figure?

Well, he was to be release in a 'couple' hours. It just took 96 hours.

that doesn't make him a criminal zona. criminal has a specific meaning and just because you're held does not make you a criminal.

I said he was released with no charges.
So how did he become a criminal. I was responding to someone who.said he.was.to.be released in a couple hours.