Family of inmate who died after being pepper sprayed in Brooklyn federal prison sues
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The mother of a 35-year-old Black man who died last year after being pepper sprayed in a federal prison in Brooklyn is suing the government and unnamed correctional officers for wrongful death, according to court documents.
The suit was filed Wednesday morning by Jamel Floyd's mother, Donna Mays, who is the administrator of his estate, at federal court in the Eastern District of New York, and names the US and 30 unnamed correctional officers and staff for the federal Bureau of Prisons as defendants. CNN has reached out to the Bureau of Prisons for comment on the suit. Floyd had been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center since October 2019, according to the suit. He was placed in solitary confinement on May 30, 2020, after receiving medical treatment following a physical altercation with officers and on June 3 he began having a "severe mental health or medical crisis," and began yelling out for help "for hours," the suit said, repeatedly saying his chest was hurting and that he couldn't breathe.
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