Mark Cook's family says he died by suicide at Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau, where they say he’d spent weeks in solitary confinement with debilitating back pain. Via KTOOpubmedia
Mark Cookʼs father, Mark Cook Sr., and uncle, Leif Abel at a hotel in Juneau after Cookʼs passing. April 25, 2023. JUNEAU -- In an intensive care unit at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Yad Duu Quay Mark Cook Jr. was on life support Monday. He’d been declared dead but was an organ donor, so he remained hooked up to machines.
last year — all among people who were awaiting trial — and that the department has long faced criticism that it does not do enough to prevent suicides.Hanlon-Abel says her grandson was the best Lingít dancer she’s ever seen. But in February, he visited the local health clinic in Hoonah with a back injury and left with pain so bad he could barely walk.Cook’s grandparents say that he got upset at the clinic, yelled and threatened to sue.
Christina Love of Haven House, an organization that works with women leaving prison, backs up the family’s claim that Cook was in solitary confinement. She said Wednesday that she’d heard that from clients and confirmed it with prison staff. A department spokesperson told KTOO that it “does not practice true ‘solitary’ confinement, as most cells have two bunks” but declined to comment on whether Cook was kept separate from other inmates.
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