NY slams Onondaga County jail’s medical care of woman who died after hanging herself in cell

Onondaga County Justice Center

Brett Carlsen | bcarlsen@syracuse.comBrett Carlsen | bcarlsen@syracus

Syracuse, N.Y. – A state agency says the Onondaga County Justice Center’s medical staff failed to provide appropriate care to a 27-year-old woman who died last year after hanging herself in a jail cell.

The state Commission of Correction says in a report Angela Peng was not seen by a medical provider at the jail even though she was going through opioid withdrawal.

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