Name not reported
They died by suicide while held at the Cumberland County jail in Bridgeton, New Jersey, one of seven suicides at that jail that the U.S. Department of Justice examined. The Justice Department said each of the seven showed signs of opioid withdrawal and did not receive medication-assisted treatment. Its investigation led to a proposed consent decree requiring mental health care at the jail and an independent monitor.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The U.S. Department of Justice says the jail's staff failed to provide medication-assisted treatment to people with opioid withdrawal, and its investigation found the jail's suicide deaths followed that failure.
Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice (outside investigators).