Name not reported
A 28-year-old man who had depression died by hanging himself with a sheet at Bertie Correctional Institution in North Carolina in June 2022, according to a medical examiner's report as described by the Charlotte Observer. The Observer reported that he had been placed in solitary confinement about three weeks before his death. Before he died, he had asked a prison mental health case worker for help.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The medical examiner's report, as described by the Observer, found he hanged himself with a sheet, and he had asked a prison mental health case worker for help before his death.
Reported by: medical examiner's report (as described by the Observer) (medical examiner or coroner); the Observer (reporters).