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Anthony Alexander Jones

51 years old · died December 17, 2020 · Adams County Correctional Institution, Adams County, Mississippi

Anthony Alexander Jones, 51, died on December 17, 2020, while held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez, Mississippi, according to ICE's death reporting. A 2024 report by Physicians for Human Rights, titled Deadly Failures, says Anthony Jones died alone of a heart attack at the facility. The report says medical staff did not check on him in the medical unit waiting room and found him about 45 minutes after the heart attack. It also says an ambulance took 42 minutes to arrive after it was called.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The Deadly Failures report says Anthony Alexander Jones died alone of a heart attack, and that medical staff did not check on him in the medical unit waiting room and found him 45 minutes later, with an ambulance taking 42 minutes to arrive.

Reported by: Deadly Failures report; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him).

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