Carlos Mejia-Bonilla
Carlos Mejia-Bonilla died of gastrointestinal bleeding while held at the Hudson County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in New Jersey. A Physicians for Human Rights report, Deadly Failures, says he struggled to get his prescribed medication for cirrhosis. The report also says he was given naproxen, which it describes as contraindicated for cirrhosis, four days before he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The Deadly Failures report says Carlos Mejia-Bonilla died of gastrointestinal bleeding and that he struggled to get his prescribed cirrhosis medication, and that he was given naproxen, which is contraindicated for cirrhosis, four days before he died.
Reported by: Deadly Failures report (reporters).