Christopher Mount
Christopher Mount, 44, was held at Easterling Correctional Facility in Barbour County, Alabama, where his family says he had stayed in touch with his children and hoped to be released one day. His family's federal lawsuit says he was on suicide watch in a segregation cell and that his cellmate warned a corrections officer he would kill Mount unless they were separated. The lawsuit says the officer walked away and did not intervene while Mount was strangled. The officer denies acting with deliberate indifference and disputes the date, saying the incident happened May 14, 2023, not May 10. The Department of Corrections later ruled the cellmate's death, less than a month afterward, a suicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed; neglect alleged). His family's federal lawsuit says his cellmate was strangled him after a corrections officer ignored the cellmate's warning that he would kill Mount unless they were separated, and the officer disputes the lawsuit's account of deliberate indifference and the date of the incident.
Reported by: his family's federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers); the corrections officer named in the lawsuit.
Lawsuit: His family filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a corrections officer at Easterling Correctional Facility failed to intervene when his cellmate threatened him, and he was strangled.