By C1 Staff
IONIA COUNTY, Mich. — A lawsuit has been filed in the death of a mentally ill Michigan Department of Corrections inmate.
MLive reports that Kenneth Daltstra’s death was attributed to water intoxication due to psychogenic polydipsia, a compulsion to consume liquids.
Dalstra was serving 3.5 to 75 years in prison for first-degree sexual conduct.
His family accuses correctional staff of acting with “deliberate indifference” to Dalstra’s health and safety after he was allowed to consume water nonstop between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. on April 7, 2014. He was pronounced dead at 7:10 a.m. after being found unresponsive.
Dalstra had a long history of bizarre behavior while incarcerated at the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, including putting fecal matter in his eyes, vomiting, urinating and defecating on himself, and taking off his clothes.
He was on suicide watch at the time of his death.
The lawsuit seeks $75,000 for the Dalstra’s pain and suffering, the loss to his family, attorney fees and punitive damages.