From The Marshall Project:
After multiple overdoses, Bradley Ketcherside repeatedly applied for medically assisted treatment for his opioid use disorder while incarcerated at Crossroads Correctional Center. The first time, in October 2024, a far-off release date disqualified him for the medication, records show.
Two months later, it was his placement in solitary confinement that barred him from treatment — even though drug use was what landed him in the hole. On his final application in January 2025, a mental health evaluator recorded Ketcherside pleading that medication “would save my life.” The evaluator denied his request, according to medical records, concluding that Ketcherside didn’t show severe enough signs of addiction to require treatment.
Six days later Ketcherside was dead. Staff found him cold and unresponsive in his cell, according to a recently filed federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of his widow. Medical providers attempted to administer Narcan, an opioid overdose reversal drug, but it was too late. Continue reading >>>
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