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died November 2012 · Saint Clair Correctional Facility, St. Clair County, Alabama

A man held at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Alabama died in the early hours of a morning in November 2012. He was a dialysis patient, and after a treatment that month he complained of pain. According to an SPLC and ADAP investigation, a doctor told nurses to give him water and send him back to his dorm, and he was sent back several times during the night before he died.

Cause of death, as reported: Died from neglect by staff. The SPLC and ADAP investigation says a doctor told nurses to give a dialysis patient water and send him back to his dorm, despite his complaints of pain, and he died in the early hours after being sent back several times that night.

Reported by: SPLC and ADAP investigation (outside investigators).

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