Philadelphia jail withheld insulin from a diabetic inmate who died, lawsuit says

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jailhouse caused nan decease of a diabetic inmate by failing to supply insulin and different aesculapian care, according to a national suit revenge by nan man’s family Wednesday.

Louis Jung Jr., 50, was a pretrial detainee astatine nan Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility erstwhile he died connected Nov. 6, 2023, of ketoacidosis, a superior complication of diabetes.

The Philadelphia Department of Prisons did not administer insulin to Jung, who had Type 1 diabetes, for nan past six days of his life, according to nan suit. Prison aesculapian officials besides grounded to supply glucose monitoring, telephone for emergency care, nonstop Jung to nan infirmary aliases spot him successful nan infirmary, nan suit said.

The plaintiffs are suing nan City of Philadelphia and YesCare, a situation wellness attraction company, some of which declined comment. Medical officials astatine nan installation and unnamed corrections officers are besides listed arsenic defendants.

“My begetter had glucosuria and simply needed insulin. I cannot wrap my caput astir really inhumanely they treated him. How they allowed him to dishonesty location and suffer and die,” said 1 of his sons, James Jung, successful a connection released by nan Abolitionist Law Center.

The halfway revenge nan suit connected behalf of Jung and his brother. It said that since 2014 astatine slightest 2 different inmates died of ketoacidosis while successful nan Department of Prisons’ custody.