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Dorothy was named after a real child, the deceased baby niece of Baum and his wife Maud Gage.

When a judge ordered experts to inspect the claims, Dr. Bruce Gage, then chief of psychiatry for the Washington State Department of Corrections, found multiple problems.

Gage reported that the jails didn’t monitor suicidal detainees who were awaiting transfer to psychiatric facilities.

“Riverside County jail system is amongst the most restrictive correctional settings I have visited,” Gage wrote.

Gage noted that the department had faced a staffing shortage since the 2009 recession, but emphasized that basic standards of care were required by law.