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A man held in an Alabama prison died in January 2014 of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones, according to an investigation by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program. The investigation says he had been treated for prostate cancer in 2006, and that signs the cancer had returned in 2011 were not tested or diagnosed for about a year and a half. By the time he was diagnosed, the cancer had spread to his bones. The report gives his date of death as January 2014 in one place and February 2014 in another.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). The SPLC and ADAP investigation says prison staff did not test or diagnose him for about a year and a half after signs in 2011 that his prostate cancer had returned.
Reported by: SPLC and ADAP investigation (advocates).