Name not reported
A teenage girl died of an overdose while held at the Dalton juvenile detention center in Dalton, Georgia. Her family has filed a federal lawsuit against Gilmer County and the correctional officers working at the time. The lawsuit says the officers failed to protect her, and the family's claims about how she died are set out in that suit. Her name and the date of her death are not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. Her family says she died of an overdose at the Dalton juvenile detention center and has filed a federal lawsuit against Gilmer County and the correctional officers working at the time.
Reported by: family's federal lawsuit (family or their lawyers).
Lawsuit: Her family filed a federal lawsuit against Gilmer County and correctional officers over her death, and no amount was reported.