top of page

Police Bury Prisoner with No Investigation and Without Notifying His Family

EndFragment

Bronx, NY — A family is now heartbroken after attempting to get in touch with their incarcerated son only to find out that he’d died months prior and had been buried without any word. To make matters worse, the prison never conducted an investigation into his death, and the family has still yet to receive a cause of death.

The family of the deceased, Lonnie Hamilton, received this horrible news earlier this month after unsuccessfully trying to call him, write him, and eventually going to the state’s correctional website. When they logged into the website to see if he’d been transferred, Hamilton’s family was shocked to find that he was listed as “deceased.”

They thought it was a horrible joke; unfortunately, it was not.

His death occurred nearly two months prior and no one in the jail ever attempted to notify the family.“I want to know why my son is dead.

I want to know why you buried him without asking me. I want to know why we weren’t allowed to properly send him off,” Hamilton’s father, Lonnie Hamilton Sr. said in an interview with NY1.

When NY1 asked if he knew where his son was buried, Lonnie Hamilton replied, “I don’t know.”Read more at

EndFragment


  • Facebook Social Icon
  • Twitter Social Icon
  • Google+ Social Icon
  • Pinterest Social Icon

Harsh Justice inmates are nonviolent victims of our inhumane, racially-biased, various versions of so-called justice.

 

Many have already served decades and will ultimately die in prison for nonviolent petty crimes resulting from poverty and addiction.

Some inmates are innocent but were afraid to go to trial where the deck is often stacked against them and the sentences are tripled on the average.

Most inmates first heard of 3 strikes at their sentencing hearing.

Most have a good chance now for freedom if they could receive capable legal representation for the first time ever.

To make make a secure, direct 

contribution to an inmate's legal fund, select his or her story page

and follow the instructions located there. Your selected inmate receives 100% of your direct donation.

Harsh Justice is pleased to announce that 12 of our inmates have gained their freedom since 2016, 11 were serving life without parole sentences.

Make a Difference

Share this post

Join our Communities

Get News Clips in Your Mailbox

© 2016 by Harsh Justice in America 

bottom of page