Minnesota family sues jail over son’s death in custody

Despite Bellamy’s pleas to be seen by a doctor, jail staff held him until he was unresponsive and facedown on the floor. Photograph: David Crausby/Alamy

A Minnesota family is suing a county jail alleging their son died in prison after staff refused to provide him with medical attention.

Lucas Bellamy, 40, died in July 2022 three days after he had been arrested by the Hennepin county sheriff’s department. Bellamy’s family says that jail staff ignored their son’s desperate pleas for medical attention and signs that he was in agonizing pain.