Scott Anthony Gomez Jr, 22, was an inmate at the Pueblo County, Colo., jail. He escaped from his cell, made it to the roof …and fell 40 feet while trying to climb down the outside wall. It was his second escape, but this one cost the county $64,000 to treat the injuries Gomez caused himself. When the county asked him to pay for the medical treatment, Gomez sued in federal court. The basis was that the Defendants did next to nothing to ensure that the jail was secure and the plaintiff could not escape. He says he had warned jailers that there were many ways to get out of the facility.