Disabled inmate who stole $5 in snacks ‘starved to death’ in Virginia prison – lawsuit

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<p>‘A me tally isable Virgi ia ma acc se of steali g $5 worth of s acks from a co ve ie ce store was ofte left i isolatio , witho t water i his cell, a esse tially starve to eath, accor i g to a laws it from his family.</p>
<p>Twe ty-fo r-year-ol Jamycheal Mitchell was arreste i Portsmo th, Virgi ia i April 2015 for steali g a bottle of so a, a ca y bar a a s ack cake worth $5.05. After he was take to jail a r le fit to sta trial – Mitchell s ffere from bipolar isor er a schizophre ia, a was escribe i school recor s as mil ly “me tally retar e ” – he evertheless remai e i jail for fo r mo ths i stea of bei g tra sferre to a hospital.</p>
<p>I A g st 2015, Mitchell was fo ea i his cell, havi g lost 40-50 po s. A me ical exami er fo that he was “ early cachectic,” mea i g he ha lost so m ch weight that the process co l ’t be reverse tritio ally.’</p>
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