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Escambia Jail Inmate Found Unresponsive, Dies At Local Hospital
February 6, 2018
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a county inmate Monday night.
The Escambia County Jail inmate died at a local hospital after being transported to the the emergency room.
The 38-year-old male was discovered unresponsive in a general population unit of the main jail located at 1700 W Leonard Street, according to a county spokesperson.
EMS was dispatched and arrived at the jail at 6:37 p.m. Medical Director Dr. Paul Henning also responded to the call and rode with the patient in the ambulance to administer care while in transit. The ambulance reached the hospital at 7:03 p.m.
The name of the inmate is not being released at this time pending notification of next of kin.
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7 Responses to “Escambia Jail Inmate Found Unresponsive, Dies At Local Hospital”
I will beg to differ about the care that is now given at the jail. The new staff has a lot of experience in emergency and intensive care. Like the headline says, this person died at the hospital. That tells me the jail staff did their job and maybe this person was going to die anyways. God bless his soul!! God bless the medical staff that deal with our less then trust worthy citizens.
@Shelly Dawn
Did you know there are folks who have never been to jail or even know anyone who’s been to jail ? So your lingo doesn’t convey your emotional response well. Further, I do understand. You were on probation and violated. Whether it. Be technical or not, you broke the law to be placed on probation to start with. Then violated the terms there of, technical or otherwise. Was it a deterrent ? Hopefully before breaking the law again, you’ll think about what it was like. Stay straight.
@ Shelly I find it hard to believe that you weren’t given water for four days as the human body would expire within that time from dehydration. Also, you contradicted yourself saying you were given water then weren’t given water until the 19th hour of the first day. Which one was it?
When you commit a crime and go to jail there is always a possibility of a natural disaster or exigent circumstance that occurs and you do not get water, food or Air conditioning. That is the risk you take when involved in criminal activity and get caught. You are also at the mercy of the medical staff and whatever medical errors they may or may not make. The Jail is not a hospital lol
Escambia county is one of the poorest counties in Florida. Good luck thinking you’ll receive top notch care and treatment at the jail lol That is a fantasy tale of I have ever heard one. It’s funny to hear jailbirds complain about their jail stint lol doesn’t get any better than that. That is a true testament as to today’s society as being a welfare handout taking society. Good luck in dire times as those are the first people to wither.
Bewildered, Ditto!!!!
Don’t know what a “technical” incarceration is. My water is sometimes turned off when there is a break in the line or it is necessary due to some unforeseen circumstance. . You have to live with stuff like that – yes, and I even pay for this service, unlike inmates. What does this have to do with an unexplained death in the county jail? Drug addicts and people in fragile health due to their life styles are incarcerated on a daily basis. We should wait beating up on jail personnel with comments until the results of the autopsy are known.
@Shelly, don’t like the conditions, don’t do the crime!
This isn’t a surprise, I was in 5b green 6 for 23 days on a technical and the water was out for over 24 hours. The news reports state that we were receiving bottled water, we didn’t get access to water until the 19 hour mark when an officer brought water in a cooler out of witch we received on 8oz cup before the inmates realize there wasn’t enough for them all started dipping hands in the cooler, we then went on lock down in cells that had feces and urine in every toilet along with cells that some women were on their monthly cycle with blood in the toilet along with on Their clothing. Their were inmates in our pod that were pregnant, had severe medical issues along with ones that had HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, herpes simplex virus transmitted by things such as blood and other bodily fluids. The water went off for hours at a time during the next for days and not one time were we given bottled water or anything else to drink, shower with or use to clean the cell and flush.