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It’s the 14th death at the Oklahoma City facility he was housed at this year.

The inmate who was booked into Oklahoma County Detention Center on Sept.8 on drug trafficking charges died three days later.

Another Oklahoma County Jail death was reported this weekend, making it 14 deaths reported this year.

Basco was suing the county in federal court for allegedly handcuffing him to a wall and forcing him to listen to the song “Baby Shark” on repeat for hours, several times, back in 2019.

John Basco was found unresponsive in his cell early Sunday morning.

A man found dead in his Oklahoma County prison cell had been part of a lawsuit against the jail that had allegedly forced prisoners to repeatedly listen to the children’s song ‘Baby Shark’ for hours.

John Basco, 48, was found unresponsive in his cell early on Sunday. He was part of a group of three former inmates who had filed a civil rights lawsuit against Oklahoma County for playing Baby Shark.

John Basco, along with other inmates, accused jail employees of forcing them to listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark” for hours while handcuffed to a wall.

A PRISONER found dead in his cell had been forced to listen to the children’s song ‘Baby Shark’ for hours.John Basco, 48, was found unresponsive

John Basco was one of four inmates who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit last year alleging that jail officers used discipline tactics described as “torture events.” #jailofficers #tortureevents #inmates #inmate #johnbasco