Tyfeeq Ladon Moore
Tyfeeq Ladon Moore, a father of two children he had not seen in person in over five years, died at the Frank Lee Youth Center in Alabama on June 30, 2023, a week before his scheduled release. His mother, Shafeequah Moore, remembers him as a great person and father, and as someone who always made jokes and made people laugh. She said other incarcerated people told her he smoked marijuana laced with a drug and began to overdose, and that people repeatedly called correctional officers for help, which she said took about 45 minutes to arrive. She said the facility had not given her a cause of death, and as of publication she still did not know the official reason.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). His mother says other incarcerated people told her he smoked marijuana laced with a drug and overdosed, and that officers took about 45 minutes to respond to repeated calls for help, while the facility has not given the family an official cause of death.
Reported by: Shafeequah Moore, his mother, relaying what incarcerated people told her (family or their lawyers); other incarcerated people at Frank Lee Youth Center (witnesses).
Custody: Serving a sentence.