Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Sheldon Solomon

47 years old · Lower Brule Indian Reservation Federal Detention Facility, Brule County, South Dakota

Sheldon Solomon, 47, died while held at the Lower Brule Indian Reservation Federal Detention Facility in Brule County, South Dakota. The record attributes the death to medical neglect, a claim reported by a news report. Beyond the name, age, facility and that claim, the available account gives no further detail about who he was, the circumstances of his death, or how the claim is answered by the facility.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). A news report says he died of medical neglect but does not name an underlying condition or describe what care was withheld.

Reported by: news report.

News report