Name not reported
A man held at the Special Treatment Unit of the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Woodbridge, New Jersey, was assaulted by a corrections officer in the unit's sally port area on August 23, 2019. Several days later he suffered a stroke and died. Testimony from the state medical examiner, heard by a state grand jury, attributed his death to a fatal stroke, and the grand jury did not bring homicide charges. The officer was later sentenced in February 2025 to three years in state prison for aggravated assault.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A state grand jury, after testimony from the state medical examiner, attributed the death to a fatal stroke several days after a corrections officer assaulted the resident, and it did not bring homicide charges.
Reported by: state grand jury; state medical examiner.