Produce the audio tapes of how dead Marquette inmate was treated by staff and doctors!
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433
(Marquette, MI) – Michigan’s prison officials are stonewalling the mother of a young Marquette maximum security inmate who died a week ago today under questionable circumstances – one of a growing number of Michigan prison deaths under accusations of improper medical care and worse.
Meanwhile a letter from her dead son arrived today like a ghost reaching out for justice. U.P. Breaking News will be posting portions of the letter – as it turns out the last letter to his mom.
30-year-old inmate Derrik Siminski of Saginaw was found in apparent cardiac arrest about 5 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2016, in the highest level of security at the state’s toughest maximum security prison on the shores of Lake Superior. However, prison officials are treating the mom colder than a winter’s gale on Lake Superior – refusing to answer even the smallest questions under the guise of the ongoing investigation by Michigan State Police detectives.
It’s not clear what MSP detectives are up to, however they have not contacted the family for information nor have they reached out to U.P. Breaking News. Freedom of Information Act requests for audio recordings, prisoner and Corrections officer statements – are going to be sent by U.P. Breaking News and other members of the media.
“I want to know when they called 911 and for what reason – and they won’t even tell me that,” said Serena Daniels, Siminksi’s mother, who says her son was due to be released soon and loved life – something he made apparent in the letter.
“Who was giving orders about the drugs they were giving my son after he was found unconscious in his cell,” said the distraught mother who is upset that the Michigan department of Corrections told her she would have to filed mountains of paperwork t5o learn more about her son’s death.
“They gave him Narcan – and we wonder why,” Daniels said. “We also heard they are trying to claim he died from an overdose of a relatively harmless drug he took daily and require testing every six weeks.”
Daniels sad her son took Effexor (venlafaxine) that online medical sites describe as an antidepressant in a group of drugs called selective serotonin and norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitors (SSNRIs). She said prison officials knew he had suffered side effects of the medicine but did not take him for testing. Daniels said there is no way her son would save up the pills in a suicide plot.
“My son made some mistakes but many people loved him and was looking forward to coming home,” Daniels told U.P. Breaking News adding “Derrik loved himself too much to commit suicide.”
Because prison officials seem to be covering their butts, Daniels has been put in touch with a Marquette attorney through a prisoner rights group member.
Like many Marquette Branch Prison inmates, Derrik was not thrilled about enduring the cold winters here in northern Michigan and was absolutely was crazy about his home town of Saginaw.
“My son loved Saginaw – it was his home,” Daniels said.
In fact, one of the odds things is why Derrik asked to be put in a single cell – when was always desperate to communicate with others people to talk and share time with.
U.P. Breaking News is standing by our report that appears to show – at the very best – improper medical care, not following protocols and likely there was some type of breach in security if drugs are found in his system.
Officials at Michigan’s toughest prison did not call for an ambulance when they found the young inmate in cardiac arrest in his cell – and a doctor was asked to declare the prisoner dead without seeing the inmate some 45 to 50 minutes after he was found.
In fact, U.P. Breaking News knows that somewhere an audio tapes exists of the “excited utterances” of a prison employee who blindsided a doctor over the radio more about 45 to 50 minutes after the victim was found – and those transmissions had better not be destroyed. U.P. Breaking News know that all audio is recorded by MSP/911 on all important frequencies – so the tapes must exist either at Central Dispatch 911, U.P. Health System – Marquette, or at the prison itself.
Without that tape, U.P. Breaking News and others believe there is no way the investigation can be legitimately be declared finished. Via radio, a Marquette doctor was asked to pronounce the prisoner dead at approximately 5:47 p.m. – sight unseen and with little knowledge about the dead prisoner.
The inmate was found unconscious in his cell at approximately 5 p.m.
Prison officials were providing CPR and asked for a doctor from U.P. health System Marquette to pronounce the prisoner dead “approximately 34 minutes into the code.”
At least six Michigan prisoners have died in the past six weeks during unusual medical events or because of neglect, according to numerous sources.
Prison officials administered epinephrine – or “an epi” – six times.
Narcan was administered one time
Prison officials in Marquette have refused to let Daniels speak to the warden. She said the family is hearing many scary reports about what happened to her son.
Siminski’s family are desperately hoping people will help per her son to rest by donating to a gofundme page to raise money for his funeral expenses.
A local funeral home won’t release her son’s body until she pays several thousand dollars – and she says even a one-dollar donation from those who read about of her son’s death would be enough.
Here is the link:
http://m.gofund.me/please-help-bring-diggler-home?rcid=8074082ea14111e69ef9bc764e0525d6
U.P. Breaking News hopes people will help to put this woman’s son to rest because it is the decent thing to do – especially under these circumstances.
Scroll down to read more about our ongoing investigation into at least six inmate deaths.
Previous stories:
URGENT URGENT URGENT 11-2-16 10:50 p.m. ET
Please Please Please – Michigan family needs help burying their loved one – and beg state of Michigan to extend deadline for burning body
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433
(Saginaw, MI) – A grieving mother is begging state of Michigan officials to give her more time to raise money and make final arrangements for her son’s body – and she fears there is a rush to whitewash the death of her son at the Marquette Branch Prison.
30-year-old inmate Derrik Siminski of Saginaw was found in apparent cardiac arrest about 5 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2016, in the highest level of security at the state’s toughest prison on the shores of Lake Superior. Siminski’s family have set up a gofundme page to raise money for his burial – and they are desperate because of a looming state deadline to burn his body.
Here is the link:
http://m.gofund.me/please-help-bring-diggler-home?rcid=8074082ea14111e69ef9bc764e0525d6
“I feel my son was taken from me,” said Serena Daniels, Siminksi’s mother, who dismissed any thoughts her son would commit suicide.
“I talked to him every day and he sounded fine,” Daniels said, adding the entire event is made even more painful because her daughter Katrina – the inmate’s sister – is suffering from a terminal kidney disease. “And now he is dead.”
The MDOC is rushing her son’s investigation, Daniels said.
“They want to rush this,” Daniels said about the quick investigation, immediate autopsy and now the state wants to burn her son’s body.
Yet state officials told the inmate’s mother that her won’t know autopsy results for “six to eight weeks.”
At 8 p.m. (Last night, Tues., Nov. 1, 2016) a Bridgeport Police Department car pulled up to her home and an officer relayed the message her son was dead in Marquette – over 350 miles from Saginaw.
The officer provided a number to call officials with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC).
The inmate’s mother is literally begging state officials to extend tomorrow’s deadline (Thurs., Nov. 3, 2016) that the state has set to make final funeral arrangements for her son. A Saginaw funeral home is offering a low income special price of $3,500. The other option offered by the state is to bury Siminski on prison property in the Cherry Hill Cemetery in Jackson, Michigan.
“They said they would burn him and send me his ashes,” said Daniels, who feels rushed into making final arrangements as money needs to be raised and only to options were given.
Daniels granted an interview to U.P. Breaking News tonight from her home in Saginaw, Michigan where family has gathered to try to make sense of the unexpected death and now feels it is being rushed into funeral arrangements by state officials.
Siminksi was being held in the Level 5 Maximum Security Unit at the Marquette Branch Prison.
Last night’s death of an inmate where the state sends their worst prisoners – is the latest in a series of questionable deaths in the past year involving the lack of proper medical care of Michigan inmates
Today’s “emergency” at the Marquette Branch Prison was a monthly drill not connected to last night’s death of young maximum security prisoner at Michigan’s toughest prison, according to MDOC Spokesperson Chris Gautz.
Gautz claims today’s emergency message on the prison’s main telephone line was only a drill.
When pressed why police stated they had not been informed about a drill – Gautz said prison officials never notify Michigan State Police or any police agency prior to the monthly drills.
Meanwhile – he refused to release the name of a 30-year-old maximum security inmate who apparently died in his cell last night. We now know the victim’s identity because the family is begging the state to not burn the man’s body because a decision by tomorrow is impossible.
“Michigan State Police were on the scene last night,” Gautz said.
Officials say they are awaiting the results of an autopsy that was performed this afternoon (Nov. 2, 2016) on the prisoner – who was assigned to the highest security – Level 5 – which has nothing to do with a person’s crime but rather how they have behaved while in prison.
The dead Marquette Branch inmate was convicted of larceny, plus the production and distribution of marijuana in downstate Ogemaw County – near the Lower Peninsula towns of Rose City and West Branch.
U.P. Breaking News has been reporting that no ambulance was called – and after about 50 minutes of allegedly conducting CPR – prison officials asked a U.P. Health System-Marquette doctor to pronounce the inmate dead via radio – sight unseen.
When informed of these facts, Gautz declined comment saying the matter is now a Michigan State Police investigation.
Scroll down or go to this MDOC link with Derrik Siminksi bio:
http://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=581689
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Bridgeport Police Department
6206 Dixie Hwy.
Bridgeport, MI 48722
(Marquette Branch Prison, Michigan) – Officials at Michigan’s toughest prison did not call for an ambulance when they found a young inmate in cardiac arrest in his cell last night – and a doctor was asked to declare the prisoner dead without seeing the inmate some 50 minutes after he was found.
Officials found the inmate unresponsive and in apparent cardiac arrest in his cell. An ambulance was never called for the 30 year old inmate – even 50 minutes after he was found.
About 10 minutes after U.P. Breaking News first reported the story we notified Central Dispatch in Negaunee that – because it apparently had not been reported – we would be the official complainant in the death “if the prison was slow reporting” the death
Scroll down to see a list of questionable Michigan inmate deaths.
Scroll down to read more information on the death as reported by U.P. Breaking News
Questionable Michigan Prison Deaths include:
MDOC Inmate Bios and more:
http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,4551,7-119-1409—,00.html
Wikipedia list of some inmate deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prison_deaths
http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=149
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Died Nov. 1, 2016
30-year-old Dead MDOC Inmate Derrik Siminksi of Saginaw
Marquette Branch Maximum Security Prison
Mother begs state to extend tomorrow’s deadline (Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016) to make final arrangements for her son – death reported to MSP by U.P. Breaking News – officials awaiting autopsy results – many questions
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Died Oct. 10, 2016
Charles Lee Anderson
Kinross Correctional Facility
Police investigate reports he was dehydrated and medical condition ignored
https://upbreakingnews.com/2016/10/11/another-dead-kinross-inmate-terror-and-fear-reported-at-kinross-correctional-facility/
https://upbreakingnews.com/2016/10/11/another-dead-kinross-inmate-terror-and-fear-reported-at-kinross-correctional-facility/dead-kinross-inmate-charlie-lee-anderson
Two Inmates Have Died Amid National Prison Strike
Prisoners have died in two facilities where inmates are participating in a national prison strike, in what organizers say were preventable deaths
Cora Lewis / BuzzFeed News Reporter
https://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/two-inmates-have-died-amid-national-prison-strike?utm_term=.vfzprL68j#.ptLYRoMWp
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/2016/10/13/officials-probe-inmate-death-corrections-facility/92034182/
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/10/two-inmates-have-died-in-preventable-deaths-at-striking-prisons/
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Died Sept. 10, 2016
Dead MDOC Inmate John Doe
Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson
Alleged overdose
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Died Oct. 2016
Dead MDOC Inmate John Doe
Inmate near Jackson after medical care neglected
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Died Oct. 14, 2016
Richie Fullove aka Richie Majors
federal lawsuit over inmate death
https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=670818
Dead prisoner’s estate is suing medical care workers in the Michigan Department of Corrections, alleging that they didn’t correctly treat prisoner’s deteriorating multiple sclerosis.
The lawsuit claims cruel and unusual punishment and wrongful death of a prisoner Richie Fullove aka Richie Majors. Filed by Southfield attorney Soloman M. Radner
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Died Sept. 27, 2016
24 year-old Dustin Szot of Muskegon
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia
Inmate Dead after stun gun incident with MDOC staff
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/muskegon/family-blames-excessive-force-for-inmate-death/327066901
http://fox17online.com/2016/09/28/michigan-prison-inmate-from-muskegon-dies-after-fight-shock-by-stun-gun/
http://michiganradio.org/post/criminal-investigation-reveals-new-details-inmates-death
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Died November 2, 2015
25-year-old inmate Janika Edmond
Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Washtenaw County
Tried to hang herself by attaching her bra to the shower head, but the bra broke and Edmond fell to the floor, landing on the back of her head
MDOC staff failed to notify police about her death – just like happened in Marquette last night – Story updated today Nov. 2, 2016 6:03 a.m.:
By Darcie Moran dmoran@mlive.com
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/11/a_cry_for_help_a_prisoners_dea.html
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/muskegon/family-blames-excessive-force-for-inmate-death/327066901
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Kinross Prison Riot Coverup:
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/09/11/kinross-correctional-facility-upper-peninsula/90222314/
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/10/14/kinross-prison-disturbance/92051472/
https://enewspf.com/2016/10/26/compliant-prisoners-teargassed-without-provocation-michigan-department-corrections-withheld-information/
http://www.9and10news.com/story/33096303/kinross-correctional-facility-remains-on-lockdown-as-cleanup-continues
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Previous stories, links, related info:
Previous stories and MDOC Inmate Bio of the late Derrik Siminki’s:
Name:
DERRIK JOSEPH SIMINSKI
Racial Identification:
White
Date of Birth:
06/01/1986 (30)
Current Status:
Prisoner
Earliest Release Date:
05/26/2017
Assigned Location:
Maximum Discharge Date:
05/26/2029
Tattoo- Ankle – consuelo
Tattoo- Back – 7290, face, townline rd
Tattoo- Chest – rosery
Tattoo- Finger – 0601
Tattoo- Forearm – skulls
Tattoo- Hand
Tattoo- Left Arm – Digger
Tattoo- Left Calf – joseph foot prints
Tattoo- Left Hand – death b4 dishonor/ 1986
Tattoo- Left Neck – consuelo
Tattoo- Lower Right Arm – 420
Tattoo- Right Forearm – skulls
Tattoo- Upper Left Arm – rip
Tattoo- Upper Right Arm – skulls
Offense:
Larceny from the Person
Minimum Sentence:
3 years 0 months 0 days
MCL#:
Maximum Sentence:
15 years 0 months
Court File#:
14040188-FC
Date of Offense:
01/31/2014
County:
Saginaw
Date of Sentence:
10/16/2014
Offense:
Controlled Substance-Delivery/Manufacture Marijuana
Minimum Sentence:
1 year 1 month 0 days
MCL#:
Maximum Sentence:
6 years 0 months
Court File#:
14004297-FH-A
Date of Offense:
02/17/2014
County:
Ogemaw
Date of Sentence:
07/23/2014
Offense:
Robbery Unarmed – Attempt
Minimum Sentence:
2 years 0 months 0 days
MCL#:
Maximum Sentence:
10 years 0 months
Court File#:
09032536-FH
Date of Offense:
11/21/2008
County:
Saginaw
Date of Sentence:
10/14/2009
Conviction Type:
Plea
Discharge Date:
04/11/2013
Discharge Reason:
Offender Discharge
Offense:
Controlled Substance-Possess Analogues
Minimum Sentence:
1 year 4 months 0 days
MCL#:
Maximum Sentence:
4 years 0 months
Court File#:
09032770-FH
Date of Offense:
04/18/2009
County:
Saginaw
Date of Sentence:
10/14/2009
Conviction Type:
Plea
Discharge Date:
04/11/2013
Discharge Reason:
Offender Discharge
Offense:
Home Invasion – 3rd Degree
Minimum Sentence:
MCL#:
Maximum Sentence:
2 years 0 months
Court File#:
07029248-FH
Date of Offense:
05/28/2007
County:
Saginaw
Date of Sentence:
04/10/2008
Conviction Type:
Nolo Contendere
Discharge Date:
05/11/2009
Discharge Reason:
Probation Violator Technical Violation
Offense:
Breaking &Entering – Entry Without Breaking With Intent
Minimum Sentence:
MCL#:
Maximum Sentence:
2 years 0 months
Court File#:
05026148-FH
Date of Offense:
05/25/2005
County:
Saginaw
Date of Sentence:
11/28/2005
Conviction Type:
Plea
Discharge Date:
09/25/2006
Discharge Reason:
Probation Violator Technical Violation
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MDOC says Marquette Branch Prison ’emergency’ was a drill – not related to inmate death
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433
(Marquette Branch Prison, Michigan) – Last night’s death of an inmate where the state sends their worst prisoners – is the latest in a series of questionable deaths in the past year involving the lack of proper medical care of Michigan inmates
Today’s “emergency” at the Marquette Branch Prison was a monthly drill not connected to last night’s death of young maximum security prisoner at Michigan’s toughest prison, according to MDOC Spokesperson Chris Gautz.
Gautz claims today’s emergency message on the prison’s main telephone line was only a drill.
When pressed why police stated they had not been informed about a drill – Gautz said prison officials never notify Michigan State Police or any police agency prior to the monthly drills.
Meanwhile – he refused to release the name of a 30-year-old maximum security inmate who apparently died in his cell last night.
“Michigan State Police were on the scene last night,” Gautz said.
Officials say they are awaiting the results of an autopsy that was performed this afternoon (Nov. 2, 2016) on the prisoner – who was assigned to the highest security – Level 5 – which has nothing to do with a person’s crime but rather how they have behaved while in prison.
The dead Marquette Branch inmate was convicted of larceny, plus the production and distribution of marijuana in downstate Ogemaw County – near the Lower Peninsula towns of Rose City and West Branch.
U.P. Breaking News has been reporting that no ambulance was called – and after about 50 minutes of allegedly conducting CPR – prison officials asked a U.P. Health System-Marquette doctor to pronounced the inmate dead via radio – sight unseen.
When informed of these facts, Gautz declined comment saying the matter is now a Michigan State Police investigation.
Scroll down to read more about last night’s death – and to see the list of inmates who have died under questionable circumstances.
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UPDATE: 11-2-16 11:12 a.m. – There has been a recording all morning if you call the Marquette Branch Prison stating they are in the middle of an emergency situation. U.P. Breaking News has notified 911 – and we have asked our sources to look into this.
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U.P. Breaking News Ongoing Exclusive U.P. Prison Deaths Investigation: Officials did not call for an ambulance last night when they found a young inmate in cardiac arrest at Michigan’s toughest prison – and U.P. Health System- Marquette doctor asked to blindly pronounce inmate dead
Latest questionable MDOC inmate death at state’s toughest prison – the Marquette Branch Maximum Security prison in Marquette, MI – this after state officials lied about Kinross riot and their coverup was caught in emails
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433
(Marquette Branch Prison, Michigan) – Officials at Michigan’s toughest prison did not call for an ambulance when they found a young inmate in cardiac arrest in his cell last night – and a doctor was asked to declare the prisoner dead without seeing the inmate some 50 minutes after he was found.
Officials found the inmate unresponsive and in apparent cardiac arrest in his cell. An ambulance was never called for the 30 year old inmate – even 50 minutes after he was found.
About 10 minutes after U.p. Breaking News first reported the story we notified Central Dispatch in Negaunee that – because it apparently had not been reported – we would be the official complainant in the death “if the prison was slow reporting” the death
Scroll down to see a list of questionable Michigan inmate deaths.
Scroll down to read more information on the death as reported by U.P. Breaking News
Questionable Michigan Prison Deaths include:
MDOC Inmate Bios and more:
http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,4551,7-119-1409—,00.html
Wikipedia list of some inmate deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prison_deaths
http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=149
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Died Nov. 1, 2016
30-year-old Dead MDOC Inmate John Doe
Marquette Branch Maximum Security Prison
No information released – death reported to MSP by U.P. Breaking News
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Died Oct. 10, 2016
Charles Lee Anderson
Kinross Correctional Facility
Police investigate reports he was dehydrated and medical condition ignored
https://upbreakingnews.com/2016/10/11/another-dead-kinross-inmate-terror-and-fear-reported-at-kinross-correctional-facility/
https://upbreakingnews.com/2016/10/11/another-dead-kinross-inmate-terror-and-fear-reported-at-kinross-correctional-facility/dead-kinross-inmate-charlie-lee-anderson
Two Inmates Have Died Amid National Prison Strike
Prisoners have died in two facilities where inmates are participating in a national prison strike, in what organizers say were preventable deaths
Cora Lewis / BuzzFeed News Reporter
https://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/two-inmates-have-died-amid-national-prison-strike?utm_term=.vfzprL68j#.ptLYRoMWp
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/michigan/2016/10/13/officials-probe-inmate-death-corrections-facility/92034182/
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2016/10/two-inmates-have-died-in-preventable-deaths-at-striking-prisons/
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Died Sept. 10, 2016
Dead MDOC Inmate John Doe
Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson
Alleged overdose
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Died Oct. 2016
Dead MDOC Inmate John Doe
Inmate near Jackson after medical care neglected
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Died Oct. 14, 2016
Richie Fullove aka Richie Majors
federal lawsuit over inmate death
https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2profile.aspx?mdocNumber=670818
Dead prisoner’s estate is suing medical care workers in the Michigan Department of Corrections, alleging that they didn’t correctly treat prisoner’s deteriorating multiple sclerosis.
The lawsuit claims cruel and unusual punishment and wrongful death of a prisoner Richie Fullove aka Richie Majors. Filed by Southfield attorney Soloman M. Radner
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Died Sept. 27, 2016
24 year-old Dustin Szot of Muskegon
Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia
Inmate Dead after stun gun incident with MDOC staff
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/muskegon/family-blames-excessive-force-for-inmate-death/327066901
http://fox17online.com/2016/09/28/michigan-prison-inmate-from-muskegon-dies-after-fight-shock-by-stun-gun/
http://michiganradio.org/post/criminal-investigation-reveals-new-details-inmates-death
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Died November 2, 2015
25-year-old inmate Janika Edmond
Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Washtenaw County
Tried to hang herself by attaching her bra to the shower head, but the bra broke and Edmond fell to the floor, landing on the back of her head
MDOC staff failed to notify police about her death – just like happened in Marquette last night – Story updated today Nov. 2, 2016 6:03 a.m.:
By Darcie Moran dmoran@mlive.com
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2016/11/a_cry_for_help_a_prisoners_dea.html
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/muskegon/family-blames-excessive-force-for-inmate-death/327066901
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Kinross Prison Riot Coverup:
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/09/11/kinross-correctional-facility-upper-peninsula/90222314/
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/10/14/kinross-prison-disturbance/92051472/
https://enewspf.com/2016/10/26/compliant-prisoners-teargassed-without-provocation-michigan-department-corrections-withheld-information/
http://www.9and10news.com/story/33096303/kinross-correctional-facility-remains-on-lockdown-as-cleanup-continues
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Previous stories, links, related info:
30-year-old Marquette Branch Prison Inmate died tonight – as rash of Michigan prison deaths continues just weeks after Kinross Riot
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433
(Marquette Branch Prison, Michigan) – Another Upper Peninsula prison inmate is dead – as northern Michigan’s dead prisoners starts to get attention across the country.
The incident happened just before 6 p.m. Tues., Nov. 1, 2016. in Marquette, Michigan.
The latest death involves a 30-year-old inmate who was pronounced dead tonight at the Marquette Branch Prison – a maximum security prison along Lake Superior in Marquette, U.P. Breaking News has learned.
It is unclear if prison officials have notified Michigan State Police for an investigation.
Via radio, a Marquette doctor was asked to pronounce the prisoner dead at approximately 5:47 p.m.
The inmate was found unconscious in his cell at approximately 5 p.m.
Prison officials were providing CPR and asked for a doctor from U.P. health System Marquette to pronounce the prisoner dead “approximately 34 minutes into the code.”
At least six Michigan prisoners have died in the past six weeks during unusual medical events or because of neglect, according to numerous sources.
Prison officials administered epinephrine – or “an epi” – six times.
Narcan was administered one time
He was administered “D-50” one time – several people contacted U.P. Breaking News to state that the D-50 was presumably “dextrose, in case he had low blood sugar.” However it was not stated as D5W or Lactated Ringers – as we have heard for years in medical calls. This is only one of many questions in this man’s death.
Types of glucose/dextrose include:
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D5W (5% dextrose in water), which consists of 278 mmol/L dextrose
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D5NS (5% dextrose in normal saline), which, in addition, contains normal saline (0.90% w/v of NaCl).
- D5 1/2NS 5% dextrose in half amount of normal saline (0.45% w/v of NaCl).[1]
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D5LR (5% dextrose in lactated Ringer solution)
However the prisoner remained in flat-line aka “asystole.”
The identity of the prisoner is not known – nor are the crimes for which he was serving time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asystole
http://www.michigan.gov/corrections/0,4551,7-119-68854_1381_1388-5326–,00.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquette_Branch_Prison
Michigan Prison Abolition
https://supportprisonerresistance.noblogs.org/post/2016/10/18/kinross-coverage/
https://supportprisonerresistance.noblogs.org/contact/
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Marquette Branch Prison (MBP)
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Marquette County
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Warden Robert Napel
1960 U.S. Hwy. 41 South
Marquette, MI 49855Current jobs |
TELEPHONE: (906) 226-6531
OPENED: 1889
AGE LIMIT: Males, 18 and older
SECURITY LEVELS: I and V |
General
Marquette Branch Prison was authorized by the Michigan State Legislature in 1885. The prison was subsequently built on the shores of Lake Superior on property that was a gift to the State from the Marquette Businessmen’s Association. The prison was completed in 1889 at a cost of less than $200,000.
The Level V portion of the prison has three General Population housing units and three Administrative Segregation housing units. There are four Level I housing units which are located just outside the Level V portion of the facility.
Programming
Adult Basic Education and General Education Development completion are offered. Other programs include substance abuse treatment and religious services. Available activities include law library, general library and hobbycraft. Many program resources are expanded through participation by community volunteers, such as local clergy and lay people, which gives prisoners increased opportunities to participate in programs.
Prisoners are provided with on-site routine medical and dental care. Serious problems are treated at the department’s Duane L. Waters Health Care in Jackson. Emergencies can be referred to a local hospital.
Security
The Level V perimeter is protected with a concrete wall, razor-ribbon wire, electronic detection systems, and eight gun towers. Level I is surrounded by two chain link fences and an electronic detection system. |
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Upper Peninsula Breaking News by Greg Peterson 