A new report of 180 in-custody deaths found about half of those people died within their first 10 days of incarceration.
Eighty-four deaths in the study were — like Bitler’s — designated asBut Bitler’s family believes Frederick County Adult Detention Center staff should have provided more medical treatment.“I think he still would be alive if they would’ve took him to the d--- hospital,” said his wife, Shelby Bitler, 47.
Christopher Klein, the superintendent of detention facilities in Anne Arundel County, said that contrasting the average age of death of the jailed population with typical life expectancy is like comparing “apples and oranges.”Anne Arundel’s Jennifer Road Detention Center — where the study shows 17 people died while in custody— don’t regularly access the health-care system and have “significant health issues,” including substance use disorders and poor mental health.
Office of the Attorney General spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan said the office does not have an estimated time frame for the audit’s In response to a request for comment on the in-custody death report findings, officials at one detention center emphasized the ways staff evaluate peoples’ health and provide needed medical services. In Charles County, where the study shows seven people died while in custody, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Diane Richardson said the office has made changes to boost the detention center’s security and safety, including mental health support. She said no one has died in-custody since February 2019.
De’Andre Whitehead died at a Baltimore facility not included in the study, but some details of his death this past January resemble findings presented in the report.
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