Naked, Covered in Feces, Jailers Laugh as Inmate Freezes To Death in 'The Freezer'

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

On January 12, 2023, the family of Tony Mitchell called for a mental health welfare check on the 33-year-old.

He has sprayed his face and body with black spray paint and claims to have a "portal to hell." When deputies show up, Mitchel discharges a weapon.

Deputies are able to get Mitchell into custody, and even though he is obviously suffering a mental health crisis, Mitchell is taken to the Walker County Jail and placed in a holding cell with a cement floor, no running water, no bathroom facilities, no elevated place for a bed, no blankets, and a drain in the floor for when jailers have to hose it out.

Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss what happened to Tony Mitchell, a man who was left naked and covered in feces in a holding cell nicknamed the "Freezer" for two weeks.

Transcribe Highlights

00:06.89 Introduction

01:22.04 The Count of Monte Cristo

05:08.34 Tony Mitchell in jail

10:31.72 Tony Mitchell was having a mental health crisis

15:25.49 Justify treatment saying "he shot at cops"

20:45.54 Medical staff contracted to care for inmates

24:59.03 Mitchell holding cell not meant for longterm hold

30:13.18 Not toilet, no running water, drain in middle

35:37.41 Mitchell body temp dropping

40:10.44 Cold can bring about memory issues

45:17.42 Nurse begged jailers for three hours to take Mitchell to hospital

50:03.26 Over 20 people indicted

52:49.10 Conclusion

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.7	Body Facts with Joseph Scott Moore.
0:10.1	I wish I read more.
0:12.4	I read quite a bit relative to things that I teach.
0:19.9	And at this point, my life has become rather rote.
0:24.8	Because, you know, the text generally say the same things over and over again.
0:29.2	I've got a lot of it kind of buried in my brain.
0:33.3	It's amazing how it pops out every now and then.
0:35.5	I get recall all of a sudden.
0:39.0	I'm saying, where did that thought come from?
0:42.0	I used to like to read for pleasure.
0:56.1	And I think like a lot of people, one of my favorite books, particularly as a little boy, was the Count of Monte Cristo.
0:59.7	I loved that book, Alexander Dumont.
1:06.6	And, of course, it was about a guy that was wrongfully accused, wrongfully accused,
1:10.7	and just sent into a torturous hell.
1:23.1	He was able to push through and eventually escape and, of course, exact his revenge on those that had unjustly jailed him.
1:34.3	I'm going to talk today, though, about a case that comes from a location not too far away from where I am right now here in Alabama. A case that I believe, in my opinion, has not gotten the national attention that it deserves.
1:42.3	I hope that that's going to change because the tale I'm about to tell you is so horrific
1:47.9	that you're going to lose, I can almost
1:52.1	guarantee it.
1:54.0	Another bit of faith
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