Family of man who died in Philadelphia jail sues city, prisons department
Metro Philly, 10/23/24: “Two men are suing the city, the prisons department, a healthcare contractor and others in federal court alleging that their father was denied basic medical care prior to his death nearly a year ago inside a Philadelphia jail cell.
Louis Jung Jr., a 50-year-old from South Philadelphia who had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a youth, did not receive any insulin or glucose checks in the final six days of his life, attorneys for the family wrote in a complaint filed Wednesday.
He died of diabetic ketoacidosis in November 2023, less than two weeks after being re-admitted to Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility with a dangerously high blood-sugar level, according to the lawsuit.
“We feel like the prison murdered him,” his 23-year-old son, Jacob Jung, told Metro. ‘He’s never going to get the chance to see anything me or my two brothers accomplish in life. He’ll never see my daughter grow up or be a grandfather for my daughter.’
Throughout his incarceration, the Philadelphia Department of Prisons did not provide a plan to treat Jung’s diabetes or adhere to nationally recognized guidelines, the legal team argued in the complaint.”