James Ross Curry
James Ross Curry, 59, died in the Davidson County jail in North Carolina on August 16, 2017. Another man held at the jail found him in distress in his cell. A state investigator's review of electronic supervision logs found he had gone nearly 70 minutes without a recorded check before an alert was raised. The jail administrator said officers were checking people in custody but did not document those checks. A cause of death had not been made public when the article was published.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). A state investigator's review of electronic supervision logs found he went unwatched for nearly 70 minutes before an alert, and the jail administrator said officers were checking inmates but did not document the checks.
Reported by: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; state investigator; Davidson County jail administrator (the agency that held him).