Nicholas Sacco
Nicholas Sacco, 24, died in May 2019 while held at the Valley Street jail in Manchester, New Hampshire. His mother filed a federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit against the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections and its medical contractor. The lawsuit says he died of complications from opiate withdrawal shortly before his scheduled release. It also says staff and nurses ignored his medical needs and did not follow their own detox policies.
Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff (disputed). His mother's federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit says he died of complications from opiate withdrawal because jail staff and nurses ignored his medical needs and did not follow their own detox policies.
Reported by: his mother, through a federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His mother filed a federal wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit against the Hillsborough County Department of Corrections and its medical contractor over his death.