Gregory Kubiak
Gregory Kubiak, 32, lived in Vineland, New Jersey. On November 17, 2018, staff at the Cumberland County Jail found him hanging in his cell, and he died three days later at a hospital. Cumberland County deputy administrator Kim Wood said he had attempted suicide, and the death came a month after a Department of Justice visit about mental health care at the jail. His family sued, and the case was settled in 2022 for $450,000; the lawsuit said a corrections officer failed to carry out required checks on him and falsely logged that he had done them. An indictment later accused a county corrections officer of falsifying records of routine checks related to his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Cumberland County's deputy administrator Kim Wood says he attempted suicide by hanging, and a corrections officer faces an indictment accusing him of falsifying records of the required checks on Kubiak, which the family's lawsuit also says were not done.
Reported by: Cumberland County Jail (the agency that held him); Cumberland County deputy administrator Kim Wood (the agency that held him); his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued over his death and the lawsuit settled in 2022 for $450,000, with the paying party not named in the reporting.