Peter De Los Santos
Peter De Los Santos, 35, died by suicide in August 2023 while held at the Intake Service Center of the Adult Correctional Institutions in Rhode Island. His family's federal lawsuit, filed with ACLU cooperating lawyers, says he was in withdrawal from substance use disorder and had told staff he was suicidal before he died. The lawsuit says he hanged himself with his shoelaces. The family alleges that staff knew of his suicidal intentions and failed to keep him under the watch he needed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). Peter De Los Santos's family's federal lawsuit says he hanged himself with his shoelaces at the Intake Service Center after staff ignored his suicidal statements and his untreated withdrawal from substance use disorder.
Reported by: families, in a federal lawsuit filed with ACLU cooperating lawyers (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: His family filed a federal lawsuit over his death at the Intake Service Center, alleging he was in withdrawal and had told staff he was suicidal before he died.