Died in jail or a lockup

Michael Phillips

40 years old · died November 2003 · Wyandotte County Adult Detention Center, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Michael Phillips, 40, died at the Wyandotte County Jail in Kansas in November 2003, after being held there since June. An autopsy said he had a brain abscess, and a tree on the jail grounds was named for him in a ceremony led by local activist Sonny Scroggins. Scroggins has called for mandatory independent investigations of all deaths of people in custody in Kansas. The sheriff's office said it investigates such deaths internally.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. An autopsy attributed the death to a brain abscess.

Reported by: autopsy.

Source

Review sought after jail deaths John Milburn, Associated Press, December 29, 2003

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