Name not reported
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, this person was one of seven people who died by suicide while held at the Cumberland County jail in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Federal prosecutors say each of those who died had signs of opioid withdrawal and did not receive medication-assisted treatment. The Justice Department's investigation of the jail led to a proposed consent decree that would require mental health care and an independent monitor.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The U.S. Department of Justice says the jail's failures to provide mental health care and medication-assisted treatment for opioid withdrawal contributed to the suicides of seven people held there.
Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice (outside investigators).