EVEN IF IT'S SLOW A A.

NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING.

THE MAN WHO GRADUATED FROM NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WHILE INCARCERATED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN THAT TIME, WE'VE DETAILED SOME OF THEIR SUCCESSES AS WELL LIKE BEING EXONERATED.

WE'RE GETTING INTO A TOP LAW SCHOOL.

BUT TODAY, A TRAGIC STORY FROM ONE OF THOSE GRADUATES.

MICHAEL BROADWAY DIED WHILE INCARCERATED AT STATE CORRECTIONAL CENTER LAST WEEK.

NOW FAMILY MEMBERS AND ATTORNEYS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW HE DIED.

DURING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY FOR NORTHWESTERN PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR IN PETS.

FIRST COHORT OF GRADUATES MAY LAST YEAR.

I DON'T THINK I'D BE STANDING HERE.

MICHAEL BROADWAY RECEIVED A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT FROM COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AND RENOWNED AUTHOR TOM I WAS JUST READING THROUGH SOME OF THE BILES AND I YOU KNOW, I READ SOMEONE WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, COPING WITH STAGE 4 PROSTATE CANCER AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

RATHER YOU THE SAME ONE THAT THIS IS YOUR BOOK TO WRITE.

HAVING SURVIVED THAT CANCER WHILE IN PRISON.

HIS CLASSMATES BELIEVE COMPLICATIONS FROM ASTHMA AND HEAT ARE TO BLAME FOR HIS DEATH ON JUNE.

19TH AT 51 YEARS OLD TEMPERATURES THAT DAY REACHED 91 DEGREES AND JULIET OR STATE BILL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IS LOCATED.

BUT IN E-MAILS PROVIDED TO WT TW NEWS BROADWAY'S CLASSMATE ANTHONY TAYLOR'S WRITES, QUOTE, THEY HAVE A HUGE EXHAUST FAN IN FRONT OF MY CELL AND MIKE CELL THAT HAD BEEN PADLOCKED, NOT A SINGLE WINDOW WAS OPEN.

EVERYTHING WE HAVE FOR VENTILATION PURPOSES IN THE 9 GALLERY IS EITHER CLOSED OR LOCKED.

MIKE AND I TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR A MONTH TO GET THEM TO TAKE THE LOCK OFF THE FAN OR TO OPEN SOME WINDOWS.

ANOTHER CLASSMATE, ABDUL MALIK MUHAMMAD WRITES, QUOTE, WE HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HEAT.

IT'S VERY HOT WITHOUT ANY FORM OF INHALATION.

IT'S NOT EVEN ANY WORKING FANS.

ALL THE FANS IS BROKE.

ONE OF MY CLASSMATES WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HEAT AND EXPLAINING THAT HE COULDN'T BREATHE.

HE ALSO SAYS HE QUOTE, ASKED FOR SOMEONE TO COME OPEN UP THE WINDOWS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN NAILED.

SHUT WITH PLYWOOD DUE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

ALL THE TOP WINDOWS IS NAILED CLOSED.

NONE OF THE INDUSTRIAL FANS DO NOT WORK BROADWAY WHO SUFFERS FROM ASTHMA BEGAN CALLING FOR HELP ALONG WITH OTHER MEN BECAUSE HE WAS STRUGGLING TO BREATHE.

BUT THE MEN REPORT THAT A NURSE REFUSED TO COME UP TO 9 GALLERY BECAUSE IT WAS, QUOTE, TOO HOT WHEN SHE FINALLY DID MAKE IT SEVERAL MINUTES LATER AT THE REQUEST OF A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, BROADWAY WAS UNCONSCIOUS.

BAYLOR'S REPORTS, QUOTE, SHE IMMEDIATELY INJECTED HIM WITH NOR CAN EVEN THOUGH I TOLD AND ANOTHER INMATE.

AND I TOLD HER THAT HE HAD REALLY BAD ASTHMA.

HE WRITES THAT EVENTUALLY A STRETCHER ARRIVED.

BUT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE STRAPS TO SECURE THE PATIENT.

HIS CLASSMATES CARRIED HIM DOWNSTAIRS IN A BED SHEET.

TAYLOR SAYS, QUOTE, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE.

WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS WE'RE NOT SAFE HERE AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS ARE BROTHER DIED.

THE SPOKESPERSON FOR SEE WOULD ONLY CONFIRM BROADWAY'S DEATH AND THAT THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

WHEN GOVERNOR PRITZKER WAS ASKED ABOUT THE DEATH AT A SEPARATE EVENT, HE ACKNOWLEDGED CONDITIONS AT STATESVILLE POOR ENOUGH TO WARRANT ITS CLOSURE AND REBUILD SLATED TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE.

CAREFULLY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IMMINENTLY.

MAKE CHANGES IN OUR CORRECTIONS SYSTEM.

IN PARTICULAR.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CLOSE AND REPLACE STATE, THOUGH.

AS YOU KNOW, WE COMMISSIONED A STUDY LAST YEAR.

THAT SHOWED THE TERRIBLE CONDITION OF SOME OF HER PRESENCE AND THE NEED FOR SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.

IT HAD BEEN DISSED INVESTED FROM THE ENTIRE PRISON SYSTEM FOR MANY YEARS.

AND WE NEED TO RECTIFY THAT.

THE STATE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO DEMOLISH STATE BILL AND REBUILD IT IN THE CURRENT LOCATION AFTER A STATE COMMISSION REPORT LAST YEAR DEEMED IT QUOTE, NOT SUITABLE FOR ANY 21ST CENTURY CORRECTIONAL CENTER.

ADVOCATES SAY STATE THOSE CLOSURE IS LONG OVERDUE.

AND FOR MUCH MORE ON THAT, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

MEANWHILE, BROADWAY'S ATTORNEYS SAY THEY WERE REPRESENTING HIM FOR HIS POST CONVICTION PETITION WHERE HE CLAIMS TO BE ACTUALLY INNOCENT OF THE CRIME IN WHICH HE IS