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Bahamian man in ICE custody dies of apparent heart attack inside Mississippi prison Bahamian man in ICE custody dies of heart attack inside Mississippi prison (Source: Pixabay) By WLBT Digital | December 18, 2020 at 6:13 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 6:15 PM
NATCHEZ, Miss. (WLBT) - A man from the Bahamas has died of an apparent heart attack while in a Mississippi prison.
According to U.S. Immigration and Enforcement (ICE), Anthony Jones, 51, passed away Thursday at 9:59 a.m. inside the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez.
Jones had illegally entered the United States and in April of 2019 Miami officers took him into custody following his arrest for domestic battery.
Adams County Detention Center.
A 51-year-old man from the Bahamas died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on Thursday, according to a source with knowledge of the death.
The man died at the Adams County Detention Center in Natchez, Mississippi. The preliminary cause of death, according to the source, was a heart attack. He had been in ICE custody for more than a year.
The agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
He appears to be the first person to have died in ICE custody this fiscal year. In the previous fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, 21 immigrants died in ICE custody, the highest annual number since 2005.