Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Name not reported

died November 2022 · FCC Butner, Granville County, North Carolina

A person held at FCC Butner, a federal prison complex in Butner, North Carolina, died in November 2022, according to a letter from Danielle Garner, a correctional officer and union vice president. Garner's letter says staff were pulled away during the night to escort another person to a hospital, and that the person who died could not get timely medical care. The letter also says that a lack of night staffing makes deaths like this more likely.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). A correctional officer and union vice president says in a letter that the person could not get timely medical care during the night in November 2022, after staff were pulled to escort someone else to a hospital, and that the person later died.

Reported by: Danielle Garner, union vice president and correctional officer, in a letter.

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