Heartbroken father feels more could have been done to prevent son’s death in jail

A heartbroken father reached out to WINK News, saying that his son died in jail. His 30-year-old son was in jail for failure to appear in court.

That father believes the sheriff’s office could have done more to prevent his son from dying in the medical ward of jail rather than at the hospital. He says if someone, anyone, had taken his son to the hospital, he’d still be alive.

Paul Carbone will always admit that his son, Michael was not perfect. “He had addiction problems most of his adult life. He had been struggling through it,” Carbone said. He knows his son had demons because he also dealt with them.

Michael’s addiction led to trouble, including several minor arrests for panhandling and drugs. His most recent arrest was in October for failure to appear in court on one of those drugs charges.

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