Name not reported
A.L. was a man held in the Duval County jail in Florida in 2024 while he waited for the Florida Department of Children and Families to transfer him to a state hospital for mental health treatment. The transfer was about four weeks past its statutory deadline, and clinicians at a Jacksonville hospital had warned that he was at risk of harming himself. About six weeks later he died of hyponatremic dehydration. Disability Rights Florida and the Southern Poverty Law Center attribute his death to the department's delays in a lawsuit against it.
Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined (neglect alleged). Disability Rights Florida and the Southern Poverty Law Center say he waited in the Duval County jail for four weeks past the state's transfer deadline despite clinicians' warnings that he was at risk of self-harm, and that he died of hyponatremic dehydration six weeks later.
Reported by: Disability Rights Florida and the Southern Poverty Law Center (advocates).
Lawsuit: Disability Rights Florida and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit over A.L.'s death in the Duval County jail, and no settlement or award amount is reported.