Michael Broadway's family claims staff at Stateville Correctional Center 'watched Michael slowly perish while gasping for breath.'
CHICAGO -- The family of a man who died while in prison at Stateville Correctional Center this summer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Corrections, accusing prison staff of disregarding the asthma attack that killed him.Michael Broadway, who was 51, died on June 19 after suffering an asthma attack amid excessive heat inside the prison.
On the day Broadway died, the heat index in the area outside Stateville was nearly 100°, and inside the prison, temperatures inside prison cells on Broadway's floor were as high as 120°, according to the lawsuit.'Because of the oppressive heat and his severe asthma, Michael began to struggle to breathe. Between gasps for air, he pleaded for help from his friends in the cell's next to him,' the lawsuit states.
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