Two officers at the London Correctional Institution in Ohio blamed for a 30-minute delay in calling an ambulance for a dying inmate have been disciplined by requiring them to work without pay.
The inmate, Kareem Benjamin, 28, of Hamilton, died of what was thought to have been a heart attack on Feb. 4, after communication problems and unclear directions from a shift captain led to a failure to immediately summon an ambulance.
Warden Deb Timmerman-Cooper decided that Captain Dale Foster will work 10 days without pay, for a loss of $2,153, and control room officer Gary Willis will work two days without pay, forfeiting $283.
Prison officials said they have refined procedures to ensure there are no similar delays.