Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

died June 2018 · Middlesex County Jail and House of Correction, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

A person died in June 2018 while held at the Middlesex County Jail in Billerica, Massachusetts. County officials said the death was a suicide. WGBH reported that it was one of three suicides at the jail in two years. Officials said the jail has since added a suicide prevention hotline message to incoming and outgoing phone calls.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. County officials reported the death as a suicide at the Middlesex County Jail.

Reported by: county officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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