Anthony Cooper-Bey
Anthony Cooper-Bey, who had kidney failure and needed dialysis three times a week, was held at the Metropolitan Transition Center in Baltimore. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital on May 7, 2013, and was declared brain dead; he was taken off life support two days later. His wife, Terri Cooper-Bey, said she learned of his death through a brother-in-law who heard it from corrections officers, and that no one from the facility notified her. The prison said it left messages on a phone number in his file, but the family disputes that the facility had any contact with her, and she said they never missed a holiday or birthday together.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Johns Hopkins Hospital records and the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services attribute his death to kidney failure.
Reported by: Johns Hopkins Hospital records; Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (the agency that held him).