Daisy Kasitati
Daisy Kasitati was a mother of four children, all under five when she died. She died on October 12, 2017, in her cell at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Wailuku, Hawaii. The state Attorney General's Office has said she hanged herself, and in testimony to lawmakers it said she had asked a corrections officer hours earlier to be placed on suicide watch, and that no medical help or watch was arranged. Her cellmates had asked an officer to get her medical help because they felt she needed it. The state has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by her estate.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The state Attorney General's Office says she hanged herself in her cell after asking a corrections officer to be put on suicide watch, and that no medical help or watch was arranged.
Reported by: state Attorney General's Office; Maui police (the agency that held her).
Lawsuit: Her family sued the State of Hawaii, and the state Legislature voted to pay $550,000 to settle the lawsuit over her death.