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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Shweta Sharma

Man dies of hypothermia at Alabama jail after being held in walk-in freezer for hours, claims lawsuit

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A 33-year-old man in Alabama is said to have “frozen to death” after he was placed on a restraint chair inside a walk-in freezer for hours in an Alabama jail while in custody, according to a lawsuit.

Anthony Mitchell was incarcerated for 14 days in Walker County Jail “under hellish conditions” and died of hypothermia on 26 January, according to a lawsuit filed by Margaret Mitchell, the man’s mother.

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