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  • Man spends 2 years in solitary after DWI arrest

    01/25/2012 3:07:26 PM PST · by The KG9 Kid · 82 replies · 1+ views
    msnbc.com ^ | 01/25/2012 | Elizabeth Chuck
    A New Mexico man who said he was forced to pull his own tooth while in solitary confinement because he was denied access to a dentist has been awarded $22 million due to inhumane treatment by New Mexico's Dona Ana County Jail. Stephen Slevin was arrested in August of 2005 for driving while intoxicated, then thrown in jail for two years. He was in solitary at Dona Ana County Jail for his entire sentence and basically forgotten about and never given a trial, he told NBC station KOB.com Tuesday night. "'[Jail guards were] walking by me every day, watching me...