Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
According to a lawsuit filed by a corrections officer, a person held in Unit 2D3 of the Essex County Jail in New Jersey died by suicide in 2018, days after an overnight shift she covered. The lawsuit centers on the officer's own charges, which she says were dropped in July 2022, and her claim that she was fired anyway. The jail's response to the death is not described in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The former corrections officer's lawsuit says the prisoner died by suicide in 2018.
Reported by: the former corrections officer's lawsuit (family or their lawyers).