Disturbing footage reveals a terrified autistic 19-year-old desperately asking cops to hearken to him earlier than he hit his head repeatedly and died in custody.
Isaiah Trammell, was taunted, belittled and threatened by 9 guards as he begged for his treatment on the Montgomery County Jail in Ohio in March, 2023.
In surveillance movies obtained by The Columbus Dispatch, officers are seen telling the autistic man he was ‘ridiculous,’ ’embarrassing’ and ‘performing like an a**.’
Trammell was strapped right into a restraint chair twice and threatened a 3rd time if he didn’t settle down.
Unable to calm himself, Trammell proceeded to bang his head on the cell door as he desperately screamed: ‘Let me out’
Isaiah Trammell, was taunted, belittled and threatened by 9 guards as he begged for his treatment on the Montgomery County Jail in Ohio in March, 2023
Nobody listened as Trammell requested for his drugs, a telephone name and a blanket, in keeping with the Dispatch.
Lower than 10 hours after he arrived in jail, Trammell was being taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
Trammell died three days later, with the coroner ruling it a suicide.
The younger man had been banging his head repeatedly earlier than he was booked and all through the night time.
He informed police head-banging was ‘the one approach I do know to eliminate the loopy in my head.’
Trammell’s mom Brandy Abner informed The Columbus Patch that Trammel had a historical past of banging his head as a coping mechanism.
Beforehand, his household had referred to as for assist and he had stared within the hospital for days.
Lower than 10 hours after he arrived in jail, he was being taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Trammell died three days later, with the coroner ruling it a suicide
The younger man had been banging his head repeatedly earlier than he was booked and all through the night time
‘Like we all the time name when he begins to rage,’ Abner mentioned. ‘It is a psychological well being name, it is not an “arrest me” name.’
Throughout his final episode, a neighbor referred to as police complaining about noise, and whereas checking on Trammell, cops discovered an arrest warrant for him for a misdemeanor home violence incident a yr prior.
Trammell and his household reportedly didn’t know concerning the excellent warrant, which his mother mentioned stemmed from one other psychological well being disaster.
The younger man reportedly informed officers in his time in custody that he had ADHD and that he didn’t need to dwell.
Trammell was placed on suicide watch, which means he was trip-searched, given a suicide-resistant robe, blanket and mattress and remoted in a secure cell.
Nevertheless, in keeping with the Dispatch, officers didn’t give Trammell a mattress or blanket.
‘He hated his physique to be uncovered and he stored telling them. He hated to be confined. Completely that may set off him,’ his mom mentioned.
Trammell’s mom Brandy Abner informed The Columbus Patch that Trammel had a historical past of banging his head as a coping mechanism
The Montgomery County Jail Coalition has referred to as on the Ohio Division of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC) to research Trammell’s loss of life.
‘Isaiah can be alive at present had he been handled with dignity and respect within the jail by employees involved for his well being and well-being. As a substitute of listening to his cries for treatment he was laughed at and ignored. We want accountability for what occurred to him,’ mentioned Yvonne Currington, retired nurse and Jail Coalition member.
The Sheriff’s workplace informed Dayton Day by day Information on Monday that ODRC’s Bureau of Detention discovered no ‘deficiencies’ in how the sheriff’s workplace dealt with his loss of life.
‘Medical and psychological well being suppliers on the jail offered therapy to Trammell from the time he was booked into jail till he was transported to an area hospital,’ mentioned the sheriff’s workplace spokeswoman Christine Bevins.
‘Though folks dealing with costs for violent crimes shouldn’t be launched to society to cope with, our group wants a medical facility with a lockdown unit that may higher deal with those that are in disaster.’
