>>> THEY BROKE THE STORY OF
THE SHOCKING DEATH OF JENNIFER
MYERS.
DAVID IN THE McCOMB COUNTY
JAIL.
AND BIRTH OF A CHILD.
RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
QUALITY OF CARE FOR THOSE
INCARCERATED IN McCOMB COUNTY.
>> TONIGHT THE DEFENDER
OBTAINED TWO NEW VIDEO
INVOLVING THE DEATH OF TWO MORE
INMATES INSIDE THE SAME JAIL.
>>Reporter: THIS TIME RAISING
QUESTIONS ABOUT NARCOTICS AND
PRESCRIPTION OVER DOSES BEHIND
BARS.
INVESTIGATION.
>>Reporter: MICHAEL DIED
WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ENTERING THE
McCOMB COUNTY JAIL.
DANIEL BIRD DIED ON HIS 23rd
DAY IN CUSTODY.
OVER DOSES.
RAISING SERIOUS NEW QUESTIONS
AT THE McCOMB COUNTY JAIL.
25 COPS.
LINE UP IN ROW.
AND HERE COME THE WEEKEND
INMATES.
PUT UP AGAINST THE WALL AND
TOLD TO CHANGE FROM STREET
CLOTHES TO JAIL JUMP SUIT.
ONE GUARD FOR EACH INMATE
LOOKING FOR DRUG.
WEEKEND ONLY TIME SERVED ON THE
GYM FLOOR WITH INMATES WITH
MINOR OFFENSE.
ONE MAN STANDS OUT.
39-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL PETE.
ANDREA IS MICHAEL'S MOTHER.
>> THEY SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT
NOT RIGHT.
>>Reporter: FATHER OF 4
SUPPORT.
DOESN'T.
HE RUNS HIS HANDS THROUGH HIS
HAIR REPEATEDLY.
CHANGES SHIRTS.
STARTS TAKING LAP AROUND THE
GYM.
THEN HE LEANS AGAINST A WALL.
STARTS LOOKING UNDERNEATH CHAI
CHAIRS.
FINALLY LAYS DOWN IT'S FOR THE
LAST TIME.
INMATE NEXT TO HIM SITS UP AND
CALLS FOR HELP.
EVERYONE IS ORDERED TO LINE UP
AGAINST THE WALL.
EVENTUALLY STAFF MAKE THE WAY
OVER TO THE MAN.
THEY KICK HIS BED.
HE DOESN'T MOVE.
THEY TURN HIM OVER AND REALIZE
INSTANTLY HE'S IN TROUBLE.
MEDICAL HELP.
AMBULANCE ARRIVES.
BUT TOO LATE.
MICHAEL PETE IS DEAD.
>> I JUST REALLY MISS MY SON.
WE WERE, WE WERE SO CLOSE.
SO CLOSE.
THERE WASN'T A DAY THAT HE
DIDN'T CALL OR STO OVER.
AND LOSING A CHILD IS THE WORST
LOSS THERE IS.
>>Reporter: INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION FINDS INMATE SAY
HE WAS ACTING STRANGELY.
TALKING TO HIMSE.
ONE SAID HE TOOK METHADONE AND
OTHER MEDICINE BEFORE ARRIVING
HE COULD SLEEP ALL WEEKEND.
OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH
INTOXICATION FROM MULTIPLE
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
FAMILY ATTORNEY SAYS THE STAFF
SHOULD HAVE NOTICED AND
PROVIDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
>> NOT ONE GUARD SAW FIT TO
QUESTION.
HE WAS OKAY.
NOTHING.
RIGHT ON TAPE.
HE DIES.
RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR OWN
EYES.
>>Reporter: SEVEN MONTHS LATER
IT HAPPENS AGAIN.
42-YEAR-OLD DANIEL BIRD DIE INS
CUSTODY AT McCOMB COUNTY JAIL.
CAUSE OF DEATH INTOXICATION BY
MEDICATION.
FAMILY KNEW OF HIS ADDICTION.
THOUGHT HE WOULD BE SAFER IN
JAIL THAN ON THE STREET.
>> YOU THINK THAT THE JAILS ARE
SAFE AND SECURE AND THAT THEY
DETOX.
HOW TO KEEP THE JAIL FREE OF
ANYBODY PASSING AWAY.
>> NEED AN AMBULANCE.
>>Reporter: WHAT IS DIFFERENT
ABOUT BIRD DEATH HE WAS BEHIND
VIOLATION.
HE COULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE DRUG
IN.
AUTOPSY SAYS HE HAD METHADONE
IN THE SYSTEM.
FAMILY ATTORNEY SAYS DOCTORS DO
PRISONERS.
>> GUARD GIVING IT TO HIM.
HIM.
FROM SOME OTHER INMATE?
>> JUST HOURS BEFORE HE DIED
BIRD CELL MATE BUZZED SECURITY
SAYING HE WASN'T RIGHT.
>> HE WAS ON THE FLOOR.
WORSE AND WORSE.
>>Reporter: INMATE WANTED TO
OWN SAFETY.
GETTING WORSE.
>> I TOLD HIM.
NOBODY GIVES A BLEEP.
>>Reporter: THE TWO WERE
SEPARATED.
DANIEL BIRD DIED ALONE IN HIS
CELL FROM AN OVER DOSE.
FAMILY HAS NO OFFICIAL ANSWER
ON HOW HE COULD HAVE OVERDOSED
WHILE IN JAIL.
>> I WE SHALL I GOT TO SAY
GOODBYE.
>>Reporter: McCOMB COUNTY HAS
A HISTORY OF QUESTIONABLE
DEATH.
37-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER MYERS DIED
FROM INFECTION IN JULY OF 2013.
32-YEAR-OLD DAVID DIED FROM
WITHDRAWAL FROM PRESCRIPTION
MEDICATION IN JUNE 2014.
NOW 39-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL PETE
DEATH PRESCRIPTION OVER DOSE IN
APRIL OF 2015, 42-YEAR-OLD
DANIEL BIRD DIED OF
PRESCRIPTION OVER DOSE NOVEMBER
OF 2015.
IN MARCH 2016 JESSICA PRESTON
GAVE BIRTH ON AGILE FLOOR WHEN
MEDICAL STAFF REFUSED TO TAKE
HER TO THE HOSPITAL.
ALL NON-VIOLENT OFFENDER
SERVING SHORT SENTENCES FOR
MINOR OFFENSES.
>> ONE TIME.
TWO TIME.
THREE TIME.
4 TOOICHLT WHEN DOES IT STOP.
WHEN ARE THEY FORCED TO ACCOUNT
FOR IT.
>> I JUST WANT McCOMB COUNTY
JAIL AND ANY OTHER JAIL THAT IS
SIMILAR GIVE DIG IF I TY.
DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
CHANGE WHATEVER IS NOT WORKING.
DON'T LET OTHER FAMILY FEEL THE
WAY I FEEL.
>>Reporter: WE ASKED McCOMB
COUNTY SHERIFF FOR SIT DOWN0
VOW TO DISCUSS THE DEATH OF
MICHAEL PETE AND DANIEL BIRD.
HE DECLINED.
THEY ALSO REFUSED TO GIVE US A
WRITTEN RESPONSE TO OUR STORY.
THE FAMILY SAY THEY ARE
DISAPPOINTED WITH THE LOOK OF
EXPLANATION COMING FROM THE
THEY PLAN TO FOLLOW A LAWSUIT