In keeping with his dying certificates, Anthony Don Mitchell died on account of hypothermia in addition to “sepsis resulting from infections injuries obtained during incarceration and medical neglect.” Mitchell was held for 14 days within the Walker County, Alabama, jail after he fired a gun in direction of officers who had come to his dwelling for a welfare verify. Mitchell had grow to be delusional, and a cousin referred to as 911 as a result of he thought Mitchell wanted psychiatric assist. In keeping with a lawsuit filed by his mom, Mitchell was held in a cell often called “the freezer” as a result of workers had been capable of blow chilly air into it. In keeping with 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 may have such a low temperature.