Ronald Johnson
Ronald Johnson, 30, was outgoing and charismatic, his father said, and he made rap videos for YouTube and liked playing video games with him. His mother described him as a standup person who would stick up for people being bullied. He died on July 19, 2024, at Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown, Connecticut, of what the article describes as a methadone overdose. Before his death he wrote on a request form that his feet were swelling and that he believed he was having an allergic reaction to methadone. His family says they do not understand how he died from medication the facility prescribed, and the Inspector General's Office is investigating his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). The family says they do not understand how he died from methadone the facility prescribed, and his written request about swelling feet and a possible allergic reaction to methadone was not acted on, according to the accounts.
Reported by: Garner Correctional Institution (the agency that held him); Inspector General's Office (outside investigators); his family.