A jury awarded $1.67 million to the sons of a diabetic man who died in a Philly jail
March 03, 2026
The Philadelphia Inquirer: “A federal jury in Philadelphia awarded $1.67 million to the sons of a diabetic man who died in a city jail in 2023, finding the death was part of a pattern in which the Department of Prisons failed to provide access to healthcare for its population.
Louis Jung Jr. was found dead on Nov. 6, 2023, in his cell at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility. The 50-year-old man died of a condition called diabetic ketoacidosis, in which blood becomes acidic due to high sugar levels.
His last known insulin dose was two days prior, according to medical records.
In a four-day trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage, attorneys for Jung’s sons argued the death was preventable and the result of jail staff ignoring their father’s medical needs.
‘When the government keeps custody, the government has a duty for care,’ Nia Holston, an attorney from the Abolitionist Law Center representing Jong’s sons, told the jury.
The jury on Monday found that Lieutenant Wanda Bloodsaw, former prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney, and the city violated Jung’s constitutional right for medical care during his incarceration. The seven jurors cleared a correctional officer, Gena Frasier.
The jurors further found the failure was part of a pattern under the Carney’s leadership, which lasted from 2016 to 2024.”