All for less than $5 worth of snacks he stole while in a mental health crisis. He had lost nearly 80 pounds from refusal to eat. He had never made it to a mental health facility. Apparently there wasn't one that had room for him. Three months later, the 6'3" 180lbs Mitchell was found dead in his cell. He should have been transported to a local mental health facility, but he wasn't. A judge then ruled him incompetent to stand trial. It would be a month before he ever went before a judge. In April, he stole a zebra cake, a Snickers, and Mountain Dew from a local 7-11 in Portsmouth, Virginia. Mitchell, who had a severe mental illness had been ruled permanently disabled and was unable to work. What the police ruled "natural causes" turned out to be that he starved to death. Stories like the one of Jamycheal Mitchell, the 24-year-old young man who was found dead in his jail cell on August 19, are particularly hard to hear. This article is written by David Muhammed and appears on the. Jamychael Mitchell: Mentally Ill, Criminalized, and Killed by the System
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