Cory Jackson
Cory Jackson, 42, was experiencing hallucinations and head and chest pain in May 2021, and his family said they were taking him to a hospital during a mental-health crisis when he jumped from their car. His sister Megan said she knew him well, that he needed help, and that she begged deputies not to hurt him and told them he needed medical care. Deputies took him to the Rankin County jail in Brandon instead of a hospital, and his family says deputies ignored repeated requests to take him to hospital, while records say EMS staff declined to treat him. Jail staff placed him in solitary confinement and then in a restraint chair, where security footage shows him for more than an hour before he became unresponsive just after 3 a.m., and he was declared dead at a hospital. The medical examiner attributed his death to a heart attack due to methamphetamine intoxication and ruled it an accident, a finding the family disputes, saying he did not use drugs that day and needed medical care.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose (disputed; neglect alleged). The medical examiner attributed his death to a heart attack due to methamphetamine intoxication and ruled it an accident, but his family disputes that he used drugs that day and says deputies ignored repeated requests to take him to a hospital and kept him in a restraint chair for over an hour.
Reported by: medical examiner's report (medical examiner or coroner); his family.