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Authorities: 3 Duval County jail inmates die after contracting COVID-19
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CORRECTION: JSO said the only agency employees who have died related to COVID-19 were a veteran lieutenant and a reserve officer. A previous version of this story incorrectly reported more agency deaths.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday confirmed that three inmates at the Pre-trial Detention Facility have died due to complications from COVID-19.
Since the pandemic began, this is the first time the Sheriff’s Office has released information about COVID-19 deaths involving inmates of the Duval County jail. JSO said one inmate died in July and two others died in November. All three were taken to the hospital before they died.
care in jails? armor correctional health services is still holding a contract here. how is that? it s so disturbing. this happened in may 2012, and the estate of hicks filed this lawsuit against many defendants. two so far have settled. armor correctional has settled for 800,000, and there s been another $200,000 payout by the sheriff s department, but there are still three defendants remaining and that s what we re talking about here. they haven t settled. is this going to end up going to trial? it s so disturbing that one of the officers on the scene admits that when this car, who had been called in as a possible drunk driver, was disabled on the side of the road and hicks was unresponsive, they thought he was drunk, they didn t smell any alcohol on him. he admits that. he actually had a stroke and was unable to move his left side and was incoherent. these officers and paramedics on the scene didn t detect this was a medical condition and he was thrown into a jail cell.