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| Epileptic Inmate's Death Set Off Riots |
| By chron.com |
| Published: 06/25/2009 |
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Attorney: Epileptic inmate's death set off riots The Associated Press June 21, 2009, 12:11PM PECOS, Texas — An attorney contends prison officials and medical care providers improperly treated an epileptic inmate and his death while in solitary confinement set off the first of two riots at a privately run federal lockup in West Texas. Detainees at the Reeves County Detention Center rioted and complained of inadequate health care following the death of 32-year-old Jesus Manuel Galindo in December. El Paso attorney Miguel Torres, who represents the dead inmate's family, said former cellmates touched off the riot because they had worried about Galindo, the Midland Reporter-Telegram reported last week. "They tried to contact the administration and say, 'Bring him back and we will watch him'," Torres said. Prison operator The GEO Group did not respond to requests for comment by the newspaper. A message could not be left for the Boca Raton, Fla.-based company by The Associated Press. The facility's contract health care provider, Physicians Network Association of Lubbock, did not respond to a call for comment from the AP. About three days before his death, a Physicians Network Association staffer had examined Galindo, Torres said. Galindo had been in the security housing unit for committing minor infractions. The inmate had told an investigator sent by his defense attorney that he was not being given his medication often enough and the dosage was lowered, said federal public defender Judy Madewell in San Antonio.Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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