# Dakota County jail *A county jail in Dakota County, Minnesota, named in a federal civil-rights complaint over medical care in July 2022.* The Dakota County jail is the jail of Dakota County, [[Minnesota]]. A federal civil-rights complaint filed in July 2024 alleges that a man held there on probable cause for roughly fifty hours in July 2022 was denied his prescribed insulin and gabapentin. The complaint also alleges that he was later hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis and coma.[^1][^2] These are allegations. The sources in this record do not report any court finding on them, and they do not record the case's docket number or current status.[^1][^2] The Minnesota Department of Corrections inspected the jail in July 2023 and again in June 2025.[^3][^4] The project's records classify the two inspection reports as audit findings but do not summarize their contents. The record does not establish whether either inspection addressed the events alleged in the complaint.[^3][^4] ## Who - The complaint names Dakota County, ten county employees, [[Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.]], and three of that company's employees as defendants.[^1][^2] - The Minnesota Department of Corrections is the agency that conducted the July 2023 and June 2025 inspections of the jail.[^3][^4] ## What - The complaint alleges that the detainee was denied his prescribed insulin and gabapentin while in custody.[^1][^2] - It alleges that he was left in a padded cell "rolling in his own feces, blood, urine, and vomit."[^1] - It alleges that he was hospitalized with diabetic ketoacidosis and coma requiring intubation, followed by two weeks of intensive care.[^1][^2] - The complaint was filed as a federal civil-rights action. Its allegations have not been adjudicated in the sources cited here.[^1][^2] ## When - **July 4–6, 2022:** the alleged custody period, approximately fifty hours.[^2] - **July 2023:** Minnesota Department of Corrections inspection of the jail.[^3] - **July 2024:** the federal civil-rights complaint is filed.[^1][^2] - **June 2025:** Minnesota Department of Corrections inspection of the jail.[^4] ## Where - The detainee was held in the Dakota County jail.[^1] - The civil-rights action was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.[^2] ## How many - **Hours in custody:** approximately fifty.[^2] - **Defendants:** the county, ten county employees, the contractor, and three of the contractor's employees.[^1][^2] - **Intensive care:** two weeks, as alleged.[^1] - **State inspections recorded:** two, in July 2023 and June 2025.[^3][^4] ## In the at-issue record The project's at-issue ledger records the complaint as item AI-Dakota-034, under the section heading *II. The Use-of-Force Ledger*.[^1][^2] The ledger pairs the complaint with a March 2026 presidential action, *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud*, as its federal anchor.[^5] The record does not establish that the task force has examined the jail, the county, or Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. It also does not record the terms of any agreement between the county and the company.[^1][^5] ## Notes [^1]: [[Star Tribune]], *Lawsuit: man in crisis left unresponsive, covered in blood and feces in Dakota County jail* — reports the federal civil-rights complaint filed in July 2024, its defendants, and the alleged medical neglect. https://www.startribune.com/lawsuit-man-in-crisis-left-unresponsive-covered-in-blood-and-feces-in-dakota-county-jail/600381734 [^2]: Storms Dworak LLC, filing summary — establishes that the federal civil-rights action is in D. Minn. and names Dakota County, ten county employees, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. and three of its employees; also establishes the custody period of approximately fifty hours, July 4–6, 2022. https://www.stormsdworak.com/lawsuit-filed-against-jail-advanced-correctional-healthcare/ [^3]: Minnesota Department of Corrections, jail inspection report, Dakota County Jail (July 2023) — establishes the state inspection of the facility; the project's records classify it as audit findings. https://mn.gov/doc/assets/Dakota%20County%20Jail%202023_tcm1089-611871.pdf [^4]: Minnesota Department of Corrections, jail inspection report, Dakota County (June 2025) — establishes the state inspection of the facility; the project's records classify it as audit findings. https://mn.gov/doc/assets/Dakota%202025_tcm1089-696976.pdf [^5]: The White House, *Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud* (March 2026) — the presidential action designated as the federal anchor for at-issue item AI-Dakota-034. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/establishing-the-task-force-to-eliminate-fraud/