Based on his loss of life certificates, Anthony Don Mitchell died on account of hypothermia in addition to “sepsis ensuing from infections accidents obtained throughout incarceration and medical neglect.” Mitchell was held for 14 days within the Walker County, Alabama, jail after he fired a gun in the direction of officers who had come to his residence for a welfare verify. Mitchell had change into delusional, and a cousin referred to as 911 as a result of he thought Mitchell wanted psychiatric assist. Based on a lawsuit filed by his mom, Mitchell was held in a cell often called “the freezer” as a result of employees have been capable of blow chilly air into it. Based on notes from the physician who handled Mitchell when he was lastly taken to the emergency room, he arrived with a rectal temperature of 72 levels Fahrenheit. The physician’s notes stated he discovered it obscure how somebody being incarcerated might have such a low temperature.