A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office sergeant deemed the arrest of a heart transplant recipient for a low-level misdemeanor as not “the strongest,” yet advised against reversing it, internal investigation documents show. Days after his release without crucial medication, the man died when his body rejected his heart.
Category: Jail Conditions
JSO correctional officer, city employee charged with bringing drugs into Duval County jail
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested its own correctional officer and 16 other people and charged them with bringing drugs into the Duval County jail.
Jacksonville correctional officer accused of pepper spraying, hitting inmate, JSO says
A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office correctional officer has been arrested and accused of battery after he pepper sprayed and beat a Duval County inmate who was not resisting him, the Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
In 2 months, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has already reported 4 inmate deaths
A 24-year-old who was incarcerated at the Duval County jail died on Tuesday evening at a local hospital after a medical episode, according to a news release from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
For decades, Jacksonville ignored its decaying jail. Can the city learn from past mistakes?
Today’s jail was opened in 1991, and in the 30 years since, the city and the Sheriff’s Office fought over who should be responsible for the jail’s upkeep, resulting in today’s crisis, a former corrections director told The Tributary.
Death of 66-year-old in Duval jail marks third this year
Leroy Beckett died on Wednesday while being treated at the hospital, according to a news release from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
32-year-old woman’s death marks second this year at Duval jail
A 32-year-old woman who was incarcerated at the Duval County jail died Sunday after being found in medical distress, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reports first jail death of 2024
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has reported the first in-custody death of the year at the Duval County jail.
Lawsuit: Duval jail’s neglect led to heart transplant recipient’s death
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters faces a new federal lawsuit filed this week by the family of a man who died after a short stint in Duval County’s jail.
Rising costs and in-custody deaths: Jacksonville’s struggle with jail health care
The Duval County jail’s inefficient health care system — one that can appear at times more like a taxi service to UF Health — comes at a cost to inmates and taxpayers alike.