Julie Beach

Julie Beach died in September 2019 while held at the Rowan County Detention Center in North Carolina. The death was classed as an overdose. A state Department of Health and Human Services investigation, as reported by Disability Rights North Carolina, found that required safety supervision rounds were missed at the jail, which was severely overcrowded at the time. The sources reviewed here say nothing about Julie Beach's family or how others remembered them.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (neglect alleged). The DHSR death investigation attributes the death to overdose and found missed safety supervision rounds at the Rowan County Detention Center.

Reported by: DHSR death investigation (outside investigators).

Source

• A Slap on the Wrist and a Rubber Stamp: NC Lets Sheriffs Break All the Rules Disability Rights North Carolina, December 7, 2022