Name not reported
The person, whose name the sources do not give, was held in a holding cell at the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond, Mississippi, in March 2021. According to court-appointed monitor Elizabeth E. Simpson, a nurse found they needed hospital care, and staff delayed transport after they collapsed. Simpson said the oxygen and defibrillator were not working or were not equipped when staff tried to help. The sheriff's office said the person was not an inmate because they had not been booked.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Court-appointed monitor Elizabeth E. Simpson says staff delayed transport to the hospital after a nurse found he needed care, and that the oxygen and defibrillator were not working or equipped when staff tried to help.
Reported by: court-appointed monitor Elizabeth E. Simpson (outside investigators).