Editing Warren Jeffs (section)

===Incarceration===
Jeffs tried to hang himself in jail in 2007 in Utah.<ref name=trust/> On July 9, 2008, he was taken from the Mohave County, Arizona jail in [[Kingman, Arizona]], to a [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, Nevada]], hospital for what was described as a serious medical problem. Sheriff Tom Sheahan did not specify the problem, but said it was serious enough to move him about 100 miles from the Kingman Regional Medical Center to the Nevada hospital.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Brooke |title=Jailed polygamous leader Jeffs hospitalized in Las Vegas |url=http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_9823858 |access-date=May 15, 2019 |work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=July 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022102012/http://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=%2Fopinion%2Fci_9823858 |archive-date=October 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Jeffs has engaged in lengthy hunger strikes, which his doctors and attorneys have claimed were for spiritual reasons. In August 2009, Superior Court Judge Steve Conn ordered that Jeffs be [[Force-feeding|force-fed]] at the Arizona jail.<ref name=trust/>

On August 29, 2011, Jeffs was taken to East Texas Medical Center, [[Tyler, Texas]], and hospitalized in critical condition under a medically [[induced coma]] after excessive fasting. Officials were not sure how long he would remain hospitalized, but expected Jeffs to live.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Graczyk |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Graczyk |title=Convicted polygamist leader in medically induced coma |url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1688628722/Convicted-polygamist-leader-in-medically-induced-coma |access-date=May 15, 2019 |work=[[Peoria Journal Star]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 29, 2011 |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616163346/http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1688628722/Convicted-polygamist-leader-in-medically-induced-coma |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jeffs is incarcerated at the [[Louis C. Powledge Unit]] of the TDCJ near [[Palestine, Texas]].<ref name="OffenderSearch"/><ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Kolten |title=Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs hospitalized in Texas |url=http://www.chron.com/news/local/article/Polygamist-sect-leader-Warren-Jeffs-hospitalized-5324339.php |access-date=May 15, 2019 |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=March 17, 2014}}</ref>

Jeffs predicted in December 2012 that the world would end before 2013 and called for his followers to prepare for the end.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenlof |first1=Celeste Tholen |title=Warren Jeffs tells FLDS faithful world will end before 2013 |url=http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=23541460 |access-date=May 15, 2019 |work=[[KSL News]] |date=December 28, 2012 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2012, while incarcerated at the Powledge Unit, Jeffs released a book titled ''Jesus Christ Message to All Nations'' compiling various revelations that he stated he had received. Among these were directives to set Jeffs free and warnings to specific countries around the world.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jeffs |first1=Warren |title=Jesus Christ Message to All Nations |date=2012 |publisher=[[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] |location=[[Colorado City, Ariz.]] |isbn=9781937271169 |url=https://archive.org/details/jesuschristmessa00warr |url-access=registration |access-date=15 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Bramham|first=Daphne|date=February 12, 2013|title=Polygamous Prophet spreads the word|newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]]|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/polygamous-prophet-spreads-the-word|accessdate=September 21, 2023}}</ref> Copies of the book were mailed to Utah state legislators by the FLDS Church.<ref>{{cite news|last=Winslow|first=Ben|date=February 16, 2015|title=Utah lawmaker's bill could trash Warren Jeffs' mail-in revelations|website=[[KSTU]]|url=https://www.fox13now.com/2015/02/16/utah-lawmakers-bill-could-trash-warren-jeffs-mail-in-revelations|accessdate=September 21, 2023}}</ref> Federal prosecutors stated in 2016 that the publication had been financed by $250,000 in money defrauded from federal welfare programs and laundered through FLDS shops.<ref>{{cite news|last=McKirdy|first=Euan|date=July 13, 2016|title=Polygamist leader flees after slipping out ankle bracelet using oil, FBI says|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/13/us/flds-lyle-jeffs-escape/index.html|website=[[CNN]]|accessdate=September 21, 2023}}</ref>

The United Effort Plan (UEP) trust that formerly belonged to the FLDS was taken over by Utah in 2005 and controlled by the court for over a decade, before a judge handed it over to a community board mostly composed of former sect members. In 2017, both the trust and Jeffs were sued by a woman alleging she was sexually abused by Jeffs when she was a child. Jeffs allegedly suffered a mental breakdown in the summer of 2019, leaving him unfit to give a deposition in the sex abuse case against him. Attorneys representing the UEP community trust contended that forcing him to testify would be "futile." The plaintiff's attorney said there is a lack of evidence to support a claim of Jeff's incompetency, accusing the trust of being "understandably very fearful" about Jeffs's testimony since it is liable for his actions as the past president of the FLDS.<ref name=trust>[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2019/08/12/lawyer-polygamist-flds-leader-warren-jeffs-has-mental-breakdown/1990815001/ Lawyer: Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has mental breakdown], AZCentral, Bracy McCombs (AP), August 13, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2021.</ref>

Current FLDS members continue to consider Jeffs to be their leader and prophet who speaks to God and who has been wrongly convicted.<ref name=trust />