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Investigation Continues After Man Dies in IDOC Custody
Clip: 7/24/2024 | 3m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Advocates are saying conditions at Stateville Correctional Center have not improved.
Michael Broadway, 51, died at Stateville Correctional Center last month when the heat index in nearby Joliet reached nearly 100 degrees. In a letter to WTTW News, a man incarcerated at Stateville says the conditions have not improved.
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Investigation Continues After Man Dies in IDOC Custody
Clip: 7/24/2024 | 3m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Michael Broadway, 51, died at Stateville Correctional Center last month when the heat index in nearby Joliet reached nearly 100 degrees. In a letter to WTTW News, a man incarcerated at Stateville says the conditions have not improved.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipADVOCATES ARE SAYING CONDITIONS AT STATE BILL CORRECTIONAL CENTER WHERE A MAN IN CUSTODY DIED LAST MONTH HAVE NOT IMPROVED.
WE REPORTED ON 51 YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BROADWAY'S DEATH BACK IN JUNE WHEN THE HEAT INDEX IN NEARBY JOLIET REACHED NEARLY 100 DEGREES.
BROADWAY WHO WAS BEING TREATED FOR ASTHMA BEGAN STRUGGLING TO BREATHE MEN IN NEARBY CELLS BEGAN CALLING FOR HELP.
ONE OF THE MEN INCARCERATED THERE WHO FIRST ALERTED US TO BROADWAY'S DEATH SAYS CONDITIONS ARE NO BETTER TODAY IN AN E-MAIL HE SENT TO US THROUGH HIS ATTORNEY ABDUL MALIK MUHAMMAD SAYS, QUOTE, THE TOP WINDOWS ARE STILL NAILED SHUT.
THE INDUSTRIAL FANS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSING UNIT ARE STILL BROKEN AND THE FACILITY ATTEMPTS TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
HE GOES ON TO SAY THE INDUSTRIAL FAN THAT IS OUTSIDE OF BROADWAY'S ASSIGNED CELL WAS BROKEN VAN AND IS STILL BROKEN.
NOW, THE ONLY A 10 STATE BILL HAS MADE IS TO LOCATE VERY OLD FLOOR FANS AND FACE THEM UPWARDS FROM THE BOTTOM GALLERY WITH HIGH HOPES THAT WILL CIRCULATE THE AIR ON THE TOP GALLERIES, WHICH THEY HAVE FAILED TO DO.
WE'VE ALSO LEARNED MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DAYS AFTER BROADWAY'S DEATH AS ADVOCATES TODAY HAVE A MESSAGE FOR GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER.
JIMMY SOTO WAS ONE OF 15 MEN INCARCERATED AT STATE BILL WHO GRADUATED FROM THE NORTHWESTERN PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH MICHAEL BROADWAY LAST FALL.
HE AND OTHERS ARE CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE CLOSURE OF THE FACILITY RATHER THAN THE PLANNED REBUILD STATE BILL IS WELL OVER 100 YEARS OLD.
INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING REPORT SAID THAT PLACES LIKE STATE BILL.
PONTIAC, LOGAN.
DANVILLE AND OTHER FACILITIES ARE UNFIT FOR HUMAN BEINGS TO BE HOUSED HIM.
AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING BROADWAY'S FAMILY SAYS THEY INTEND TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
I DOT FAILED.
MISTER BROADWAY.
EVERY TURN.
WHEN MICHAEL COMPLAINED THAT HE COULDN'T BREATHE AND RATHER THAN CALL A CODE 3, WHICH WOULD INITIATE AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THEY CONTINUE GOING ABOUT THEIR NURSE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.
BY THE TIME THE NURSE ACTUALLY ARRIVED.
MICHAEL WAS ALREADY NON-RESPONSIVE.
TARA CONNER'S LAW FIRM RETRIEVED DOCUMENTS FROM SEE SHOWING THAT THE OFFICERS WHO DID ARRIVE.
WE'RE AWARDED COMMENDATIONS BY THE STATE.
THE WARDEN IT RECOGNIZES 5 CORRECTIONS OFFICERS FOR PLAYING QUOTE, A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE SEAMLESS EXECUTION OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN AND BECAUSE THEY, QUOTE, EXPERTLY FACILITATED THE TRANSPORT OF THE INDIVIDUAL DOWN MULTIPLE FLIGHTS OF TREACHEROUS TEARS TO REACH THE WAITING STRETCHER.
THE PROBLEM THERE IS THAT THERE ARE TREACHEROUS STAIRS AND THEY HAD TO CARRY HIM DOWN FROM THE 4TH FLOOR.
THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY WENT UP ON THAT 9 GALLERY IN THESE CONDITIONS.
IT'S EXTREMELY HOT.
THE WINDOWS ARE STILL NAILED SHUT EVEN AFTER MISTER BROADWAY'S THE FANS EITHER DON'T WORK WHERE THEY REFUSED TO TURN THEM ON.
ADDITIONALLY, THE IOC MEDICAL DIRECTOR RELEASED A MEMO WARNING STAFF TO BE AWARE OF SYMPTOMS OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES DATED JUNE 20TH THE DAY AFTER BROADWAY'S DEATH.
I CAN ONLY ASSUME WHAT WE ARE ALL THINKING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THAT THE HEAT WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS HE SUFFOCATED TO DEATH IN A STATEMENT SHARED THIS AFTERNOON, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SIMPLY SAYS THEY'RE STILL ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER.
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