Jerod Draper

{{Short description|American overdose victim}}Jerod Draper was a 40-year old American father from Georgetown, Indiana who died in custody of Harrison County Jail in 2018.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-31 |title=Jerod Draper {{!}} The Record |url=https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/11813-jerod-draper |access-date= |website=The Marshall Project |language=en}} Draper had ingested methamphetamine prior to his arrest for fleeing a traffic stop.{{Cite web |last= |first= |year=2021 |title=Indiana Jail Deaths {{!}} Jerod Draper |url=https://data.indystar.com/indiana-jail-deaths/jerod-draper/2018-jerod-draper-georgetown/ |access-date= |website=Indianapolis Star |language=en}} While incarcerated, Draper began showing symptoms of a methamphetamine overdose.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-09 |title=IndyStar investigates inmate death inside Harrison County Jail |url=https://fox59.com/morning-news/indystar-investigates-inmate-death/ |access-date= |website=Fox 59 |place=Indianapolis |language=en-US}} Guards stripped him naked and placed him in a medical isolation cell. When his condition worsened, he was placed in a restraint chair where guard Sgt. Matt Hulsey and jail nurse Michael Gregory tased him seven times in 15 minutes, stepped on his bare feet, and applied pain compliance techniques.{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Ryan |last2=Evans |first2=Time |date=2021-12-08 |title=Jailers 'brutalized' a dying man in an Indiana jail. A prosecutor says it wasn't a crime. |url=https://www.indystar.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2021/12/08/death-sentence-dying-indiana-man-brutalized-inside-indiana-jail-experts-say/8665277002/ |access-date= |website=Indianapolis Star |language=en}}

Harrison County Sheriff's Office initially refused to release surveillance video, but after successful appeal by journalists from IndyStar, footage was released showing officers placing the taser directly over Draper's heart.{{Cite web |last=Sanders |first=Keith |last2=Tschirhart |first2=Benjamin |date=2022-07-15 |title=$1 Million Paid After Indiana Jailers Fatally Beat and Taser Detainee, But Prosecutor Finds No Crime |url=https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2022/jul/15/1-million-paid-after-indiana-jailers-fatally-beat-and-taser-detainee-prosecutor-finds-no-crime/ |access-date= |website=Prison Legal News}} The Indiana State Police did not conduct an investigation into his death,{{Cite news |last=Mirpoorian |first=Sam |date=2023-01-31 |title=Opinion {{!}} Authorities Used a Taser on Him 7 Times in 15 Minutes. Then He Died. Justice Never Came. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/31/opinion/jerod-draper-jail-death-indiana.html |access-date= |issn=0362-4331}} and Draper's family settled a lawsuit after Harrison County Prosecutor Otto Schalk declined to prosecute any of the officers involved.{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Natalia |date=2022-05-19 |title=No investigation after man tased repeatedly, eventually died in Harrison Co. jail |url=https://www.wave3.com/2022/05/19/troubleshooters-no-investigation-after-man-tased-repeatedly-eventually-died-harrison-co-jail/ |access-date= |website=WAVE |language=en}} The coroner ruled his death as an overdose.{{Cite web |last=Charlton |first=John |last2=Ash |first2=Andrea |date=2018-11-29 |title=Wrongful death lawsuit filed after inmate died in custody |url=https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/wrongful-death-lawsuit-filed-after-inmate-died-in-custody/417-618872586 |access-date= |website=WHAS-TV |language=en-US}}

Draper's death was featured in the documentary Safe Place, as part of an investigative series into over 300 deaths that took place in Southern Indiana jails between 2010 and 2020.{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Jenny |date=2023-01-31 |title=Jail death highlighted by IndyStar featured in new short documentary |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2023/01/31/indiana-jail-deaths-indystar-investigation-jerod-draper-safe-place-documentary/69855014007/ |access-date= |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US}}