Records indicate inmate begged for help before dying in Duchesne County jail

Duchesne County • Documents show the jail didn’t give prisoner, who was in pain and lost 17 pounds in four days, her medications.

| Courtesy of Jared Jensen Madison Jensen, 21, is one of 416 people to die in custody after she died of a cardiac arrhythmia due to dehydration and opiate withdrawal while in custody of the Duchesne County jail. Her family has searched for answers that have been slow to come. Other inmates say she was denied medical care before she died.

Records indicate inmate begged for help before dying in Duchesne County jail

Duchesne County • Documents show the jail didn’t give prisoner, who was in pain and lost 17 pounds in four days, her medications.

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