Carlos Umana
- Age: 19
- Name of Jail: Salt Lake County
- Location: Salt Lake, UT
- Cause of Death*: Died from dehydration and starvation
- Incarceration Type: Pre-Trial Detainee
- Private Company: MHM Services
- Incarceration Duration: TK
- Date of Death: February 27, 2011
In October 2010, Carlos Umana was 19 when he was incarcerated at the Salt Lake County Adult Detention Facility. He had previously been diagnosed as bipolar and schizophrenic. His mother offered his medications to a nurse at the facility, who refused to accept them and said they would be filled in-house, according to a lawsuit later filed by his family. At the jail, Umana became convinced that his food at the jail was poisoned. He lost more than 100 pounds in four months and died of starvation and dehydration on February 27, 2011. He had weighed 180 pounds when he entered the jail; at his death in custody, he weighed 77 pounds, having lost 58% of his body weight. A toxicology report found no drugs or prescription medications in his system. “Defendants were aware that Carlos was starving due to his refusal to eat or take his medications, but they failed to intervene,” the lawsuit alleged.
The family settled a lawsuit later that year. Plaintiff attorney, Bob Sykes.