Otis Lamar Bland
Otis Lamar Bland, 27, was held at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, when several other men attacked him in August 2017. His family's wrongful death lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Correction says he was repeatedly stabbed and that overcrowding, missing officers, open dorm doors and a failure to respond to a medical emergency contributed. The lawsuit states he died on August 21, 2017, about two weeks after the attack. The department settled the case for $250,000, and two other men attacked in the same incident survived.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). His family's wrongful death lawsuit says other inmates repeatedly stabbed him at Broad River Correctional Institution and that the department had overcrowding, missing officers, open dorm doors and failed to respond to a medical emergency; the department settled for $250,000.
Reported by: family's wrongful death lawsuit (family or their lawyers); Incarceration Transparency.
Lawsuit: His family sued the South Carolina Department of Correction, alleging overcrowding, missing officers, open dorm doors and failure to respond to a medical emergency, and the department settled for $250,000.