Died in prison

William Gilday

82 years old · died September 10, 2011 · Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

William Gilday, who was 82 and had Parkinson's disease, died on September 10, 2011 in a Boston hospital while held at MCI-Shirley, a state prison in Massachusetts. Prisoners' rights advocates described him as a leader who helped reform the prison system through lawsuits, and a lawyer who knew him called him a friend who taught him a lot. Judge Nancy Gertner called him an "enormously talented, very smart man."

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Source

Apologetic in the end, William Gilday dies The Boston Globe, September 16, 2011

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