Alabama jail let patients die of gangrene, constipation and alcohol withdrawal say lawsuits alleging officials refused sick inmates a hospital visit in order to cut costs

An Alabama jail has a history of medical negligence so serious that at least three seriously ill inmates have died while incarcerated at the facility, claims a series of lawsuits filed in recent weeks.

The suits claim officials at Madison County Jail withheld medical treatment from inmates despite obvious signs that each was critically ill. What's more, the suits allege officials did it just to save a buck.

'They wait and wait and wait and hope it goes away. That's a formula for killing people,' civil rights attorney Hank Sherrod told CNN.

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