Abraham Jackson Jr.
Abraham Jackson died while held at the Silverdale Detention Center in Hamilton County, Tennessee, a jail the county's sheriff's office took over from CoreCivic in December 2020. His family's lawsuit says he lost about 60 pounds within a few months of entering the jail in March 2022, had seizures, and was taken to hospitals several times without adequate follow-up care. The lawsuit says he was admitted to Erlanger Hospital in September 2022 with malnutrition-related conditions and died in October 2022, after doctors said he would not regain normal function. The lawsuit blames medical negligence and poor living conditions at the jail for his death, and a cellmate's warnings to guards are described in the same account. The county had not yet responded to these claims in the reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff (disputed). His family's lawsuit against Hamilton County and Sheriff Austin Garrett alleges that staff failed to give him adequate care despite repeated hospital visits and a cellmate's warnings, and that he lost about 60 pounds and had seizures before his death from malnutrition-related conditions.
Reported by: his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued Hamilton County and Sheriff Austin Garrett over his death at the Silverdale Detention Center, alleging medical negligence and poor living conditions; no settlement or award amount is reported.