Wisconsin inmate's daughter files federal suit over solitary confinement suicide
Megan Hoffmann Kolb is suing Wisconsin prison officials over the suicide of her father, Dean Hoffmann, in solitary confinement last year.
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Megan Hoffmann Kolb is suing Wisconsin prison officials over the suicide of her father, Dean Hoffmann, in solitary confinement last year.
The lawsuit alleges no one performed a psychological check on him while he was in solitary, and guards didn't give him his medication the morning he killed himself.
In the months leading up to Dean Hoffmann's death, prison staff had failed to give him his bipolar and antidepressant medications as prescribed.
Dean Hoffmann was found dead in his cell at Waupun Correctional Institution in June on the ninth day of a stint in solitary confinement.
The daughter of a Wisconsin inmate who died by suicide has filed a federal lawsuit against state prison officials, alleging they failed to provide adequate care. Dean Hoffmann died at