American Fork, UT asked in Criminal Law and Personal Injury for Utah

Q: i need help was arrested under false pretenses jailed and shortly booked was assaulted face fractured 13 places

well few hrs after being booked in cell with only one other inmate while i was asleep unknow what actually happened. but woke up cuffed to bed in hospital. with 13 face fracturs and regardless of being blind in 1 eye dew to cancer and still had only understanding was arrested for phone harassment so had no clue why i was being held or why was imprisoned in first place after 3 or 4 days in hospital was carted back to jail where i sat in medical with concussion only vision in one eye for another 2 1/2 weeks before seeing judge but since then ive not been able to smell or taste 98% of any flavor this accrued Aug. 11 2023 and now having issues with thought I'm asking about filing law suite with arresting officer and the jail for Gard leaving his post leaving inmates unattended many of my constitutional rights were violated along with loss of my job now currently unemployed since nobody wants to hire me struggling bad

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