Lawsuit Filed By ACLU Of Minnesota Accuses Otter Tail County Jail Of Human Rights Violations

CBS Minnesota

December 11, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — A lawsuit filed Friday alleges nearly a dozen correctional officers at a central Minnesota jail carried out "horrendous abuse" against one of its inmates.

The ACLU of Minnesota and co-counsel Norton Rose Fulbright filed the lawsuit on behalf of Ramsey Kettle, 33, for his treatment while being held at the Otter Tail County Jail in February as a pre-trial detainee on charges that were later dropped.

Defendants in the lawsuit include multiple correctional officers at the Otter Tail County Jail who were working during Kettle's confinement as well as Otter Tail County Sheriff Barry Fitzgibbon, Jail Administrator Beth Carlson and Assistant Jail Administrator Brent Floden.

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