Name not reported
A man, 27, died on December 20, 2023, at Jackson County Jail, in the custody of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office. The death was reported to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, which does not publish the names of the people who died. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office reported the manner of death as suicide. Its report says: “The decedent was found unresponsive in his jail cell with a sheet around his neck. The responding correctional officers called for EMTs and began chest compressions and attempting defibrilators. The decedent was then trasnported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.”
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Jackson County Sheriff's Office recorded the manner of death as suicide.
Reported by: Jackson County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.