Brian Sneed
Brian Sneed, a 52-year-old welder, died in 2019 while held at the Quitman County jail in Mississippi, where he had been booked while waiting for a bed in a drug rehabilitation program. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation report, as cited by ProPublica, concluded that his death was a suicide. According to that report, more than an hour had passed since staff last checked on him before he was found dead. The county chancery clerk later said that people waiting for treatment could not be kept safe in the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation report found he died by suicide and that more than an hour passed since staff last checked on him, meaning required checks were not done.
Reported by: Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).