DENVER — A man who gouged out his own eye while in jail is suing Rio Grande County saying jailers failed to adequately protect him from himself. The Denver Post reports (dpo.st/2gSxfFU) Gordon Sawyers' lawsuit alleges that while he was under suicide watch — which calls for cell checks every 15 minutes — no one checked on him for three hours one night in early December, during which he gouged out his right eye. Sawyers had been arrested on Nov.
Colorado Man Sues Jail After Gouging Out His Own Eye
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