Joshua Botwinski
Joshua Botwinski, 43, died on January 19, 2023, while held at Waupun Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin. A federal civil rights lawsuit filed by his estate says he struggled with severe drug addiction and mental illness and died of a fentanyl overdose. The lawsuit says prison officials knew drugs were being smuggled into the prison, that staff known to smuggle drugs were assigned near him, and that they failed to order close observation. The Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). His estate's federal civil rights lawsuit says he died of a fentanyl overdose after prison officials knew drugs were being smuggled in and failed to order close observation of him despite his addiction and mental illness.
Reported by: lawsuit filed by the estate of Joshua Botwinski (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His estate filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that prison officials knew drugs were being smuggled into Waupun Correctional Institution and failed to order close observation of him before he died of a fentanyl overdose in January 2023.