Video showed Lucas Bellamy begging for medical help while behind bars, but he never got the help he needed. He later died in his cell​ from a perforated bowel.

Hennepin County will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died in jail.The suit was brought by Lou Bellamy, the founder of Minneapolis' renowned Penumbra Theater. It came after his son Lucas died in 2022,

MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO/WCCO) – Hennepin County will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who died in jail. The suit was brought by Lou Bellamy, the founder of Minneapolis’ renowned Penumbra Theater. It came after his son Lucas died in 2022, allegedly after begging guards to be taken to the hospital.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections cited failures by the county to provide adequate well-being checks, in addition to staffing woes inside the jail.

Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt says she will appeal the order from the Minnesota Department of Corrections because it's impossible to shrink rapidly.

The family of Lucas Bellamy — a man who died while in custody at the Hennepin County Jail two years ago — has won a $3.4 million settlement in a civil rights lawsuit filed against the county.

In a lawsuit filed in January, Bellamy said jail staff were deliberately indifferent to his son’s obviously worsening symptoms. According to court documents, Lucas Bellamy’s p

The settlement comes as the Hennepin County Jail is facing new scrutiny from the state for chronically failing to meet legal standards and putting inmates at risk.

A Minnesota Department of Corrections report says the county jail failed to complete mandatory wellness checks and have appropriate staffing on multiple occasions.