Shawn was in a locked one-inmate cell, Booker said, so there doesn’t appear to be a cell mate to blame for his death. The Probable Cause has asked the Indiana Department of Correction for details on Booker’s death. “Everything’s on cameras,” Booker says, trying to reassure himself that a complete investigation will be done.

A mother is grieving here after her son died at Pendleton Correctional Facility without explanation. Damarcus Thomas, who would have been 25 Oct. 19, was sent to St. James Ascension Hospital Sept. 28 and put on a ventilator.