Died in jail or a lockup

Stephen Bragg

45 years old · died January 25, 2023 · D.C. Central Detention Facility, District of Columbia, District of Columbia

Stephen Jerome Bragg II, a 45-year-old Black man, collapsed in the intake area of the DC Jail Complex Inmate Reception Center in Washington on the night of January 24, 2023, while he was held there. Fire and Emergency Medical Services took him to George Washington University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on January 25. The D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner attributed his death to bilateral pulmonary thromboemboli caused by a deep vein thrombosis in his right leg, which it linked to complications of obesity, and ruled the manner natural.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death natural, citing pulmonary thromboemboli from a deep vein thrombosis due to complications of obesity.

Reported by: D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); D.C. Department of Corrections (the agency that held him).

News reports (2)

D.C. Department of Corrections, 2023 Report: Resident Deaths D.C. Department of Corrections, Deaths in Custody reports
Notice of Past Resident Death on January 25, 2023 D.C. Department of Corrections, January 25, 2023

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