Read the complaint letters filed after Beltrami County Jail inmate's death

July 11, 2020 at 6:07PM

Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell is calling for a criminal investigation into the 2018 death of a Beltrami County jail inmate after two letters concerning his treatment by jail staff recently surfaced.

Read the letters about the death of Hardel Sherrell:

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