Jury rules Philly must pay $1.5 million to family of man who died in city jail
March 03, 2026
Metro Philly: “City Hall must pay $1.5 million to the family of an inmate who died inside a Philadelphia jail in 2023, a jury ruled this week.
Louis Jung Jr., 50, a Type 1 diabetic, received sporadic insulin and blood-glucose checks in the 10 days he spent at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, following a stint at a psychiatric hospital.
An additional $170,000 in punitive damages was assessed to Philadelphia Department of Prisons Lt. Wanda Bloodsaw, who allegedly ordered two other incarcerated men to drag Jung back into his cell as he was dying of diabetic ketoacidosis.
Jurors reached the verdict against the city, Bloodsaw and former Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney late Monday, capping a federal civil trial that began Feb. 24. They sided with two of Jung’s adult sons, Jacob and James, who filed the lawsuit with the help of the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC).
‘We’re happy with the verdict,’ Jacob Jung, 25, said in a statement provided by ALC. ‘Our Dad wouldn’t have wanted us to back down. We fought to the end and are glad we won.'”