Name not reported
Federal prosecutors counted this person's death among seven suicides at the Cumberland County jail in Bridgeton, New Jersey, where they were held. Federal prosecutors said each of the seven showed signs of opioid withdrawal and did not receive medication-assisted treatment. The Justice Department's investigation led to a proposed consent decree that would require mental health care and an independent monitor at the jail.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The U.S. Department of Justice found that jail staff at the Cumberland County jail failed to provide adequate mental health care and medication-assisted treatment to people in custody who died by suicide, and that the deaths followed signs of opioid withdrawal.
Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice (outside investigators).