How to Sue a Jail or Prison for Injury or Death in Custody

Sue a Michigan Jail for Injury or Death | Civil Rights Lawyer

Learn how to sue Michigan jails for injury, medical neglect, excessive force, or wrongful death. Protect your family’s rights today.

1. Why Custody Cases Are Different — and Harder

When someone is in jail or prison, the government controls everything: food, medical treatment, safety. That control creates a legal duty.

When jails fail — people die.

Michigan has seen numerous wrongful-death cases involving:

• Denied medical care

• Suicide due to lack of monitoring

• Excessive force by guards

• Taser overuse

• Failure to protect

2. Your Rights Under the Constitution

Depending on the facility:

• Pretrial detainees → 14th Amendment

• Convicted prisoners → 8th Amendment

  
  

Both prohibit:

• Deliberate indifference to medical needs

• Excessive force

• Unsafe conditions

• Failure to provide basic necessities

3. Evidence Needed

• Jail video footage

• Booking logs

• Medical charts

• Use-of-force reports

• Witness statements (cellmates, guards)

We immediately send a preservation letter to stop destruction of evidence.

4. What Families Can Recover

• Funeral costs

• Pain and suffering

• Loss of companionship

• Punitive damages

Call Us Today

If your loved one suffered injury or death in custody, do not wait.

📞 (248) 809-6790 — Free, confidential consultation.