A man died while in custody of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office — the second since the beginning of November.

Deputies were completing routine medical rounds at the Jefferson County Jail around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when they found Harvey Jacobs unresponsive in his bunk, according to a news release.

Nurses attempted life-saving measures on the man for nearly 40 minutes before he was pronounced deceased.

Jacobs had been arrested in Douglas County last month and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on Dec. 1 on charges of contempt of court in relation to a driving while ability impaired charge.

“He was being treated for a variety of pre-existing medical issues while in custody,” the department said.

It’s the second time an inmate has died with pre-existing medical issues in the past month.

On Nov. 19, 58-year-old Timothy Allen Brown was booked into the jail on drug charges. He was then hospitalized for an “ongoing progressive illness” on Nov. 24 and died on Dec. 4.

Investigations into both of the deaths are underway and the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office will release the causes of the deaths after investigations.

Both deaths circled around the time that the family of 27-year-old Ashley Jo Raisbeck filed a lawsuit against the sheriff’s office on Dec. 10 — nearly two years after the woman died in custody.

Ultimately, the complaint claims that the jail’s medical team poisoned Raisbeck with an antibiotic she was allergic to — one she had declined before due to the dangers and was flagged on her charts.

This case is just the tip of the iceberg regarding incidents in jails around the state, Anita Springsteen said after the lawsuit was filed.

“It is a call to action. It is a call for the Department of Justice to investigate what is actually going on in the jails in this state,” she said.

There have now been seven recorded deaths at the Jefferson County jail since 2023, including Raisbeck.

There were also six deaths in the Denver County jail this year, topping the five in 2024.

“We’re going to stand as a united front,” Jaime Raisbeck, Ashley’s mother, said of other family members of those who died in Colorado jails. “We’re going to demand answers and accountability.”

The sheriff’s office declined to comment on the complaint due to ongoing litigation.