Anchorage inmate died of asphyxia during restraint, prosecutors decline charges

Anchorage Daily News, Alaska

ANCHORAGE —The primary cause of death for a 53-year-old man who died while being restrained by Anchorage jail guards last year was asphyxia, a state review found.

The state will not prosecute correctional officers who restrained Jeffrey Foreman in the midst of an apparent mental health episode at the jail July 13, an investigation by the state’s Office of Special Prosecutions concluded…

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