Keith Kosirog
Keith Kosirog, a Marine who served in Iraq, Haiti and Kosovo, was transferred from a county jail to Central New Mexico Correctional Facility for safekeeping in July 2018 and placed in solitary confinement. His brother Ken described him as deteriorating after years of post-traumatic stress disorder, and the lawsuit says he had a long history of mental illness. Prison employees found him hanging from a yellow fabric noose in his cell on December 2, 2018, and the death was reported as a suicide. His wife and two children have sued the prison and its healthcare contractor, saying staff disregarded his mental health history, and the prison declined to comment on the pending litigation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Prison employees found him hanging in his cell from a yellow fabric noose, and his family's lawsuit says staff disregarded his long history of mental illness after he was placed in solitary confinement; the prison declined to comment on the pending litigation.
Reported by: his family's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family sued the New Mexico prison and its healthcare contractor, alleging staff disregarded his long history of mental illness, and the litigation is pending with no amount reported.