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Hunger Striking Illinois Jail Prisoner Dies
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2013
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2013, page 32
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Hunger Strikes,
Medical,
Private Contractors,
Failure to Treat,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Illinois.
Against the backdrop of the recent hunger strike involving thousands of prisoners in California, the death last year of an Illinois jail prisoner who died after refusing to eat or drink is especially poignant.
Lyvita Gomes, 52, died in January 2012 following a 15-day hunger strike that …
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