Nestor Garay
Nestor Garay was 41 and died in 2014 at a privately run federal prison in Big Spring, Texas. His brother Enrique became a US citizen, and Nestor had hoped to follow the same path. Cellmates heard him moaning in the night, and after a seizure a guard called for medical help, but the only medical staff on duty were not trained to respond, according to prison medical and death files reported by Seth Freed Wessler. He was left in his cell until morning, when signs of a stroke were clear, and reached a hospital about seven hours later, where a neurologist said it was too late; the stroke is the cause given in those records.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Seth Freed Wessler's reporting from prison medical and death files says a stroke killed him, and that staff left him in his cell after a seizure, with the only medical staff on duty lacking the training to respond until morning.
Reported by: Seth Freed Wessler, reporter, based on prison medical and death files (reporters).