Joseph White
Joseph White, 41, of Anderson, died in November 2005 while held in a medical cell block at the Madison County Jail in Indiana. Jail staff found him at 12:20 a.m. on Monday, November 14, during a bed check, and officials said he had hanged himself with bed sheets. Jail Commander Andy Williams and other officials said medical staff had recently cleared him to return to the general population and had been watching him for depression. These accounts of his care and supervision come from the jail and its officials, and no other account of that night is given in the reporting.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Jail Commander Andy Williams and officials said Joseph White hanged himself with bed sheets in a medical cell block after medical staff had cleared him to return to the general population.
Reported by: Madison County Jail Commander Andy Williams and officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.