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BOP Denies Providing Substandard Dialysis Treatment Despite Prisoners’ Deaths, Court Filings, Understaffing and Lack of Oversight
Loaded on Sept. 1, 2026
by Douglas Ankney
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2026, page None
Filed under:
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Private Contractors,
Failure to Treat,
Staffing,
Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
Location:
Texas.
by Douglas Ankney
"When mom told staff something was wrong, they said to her ‘you’re fine, you’re fine’ even though there was fluid literally coming out of her belly button,” said Evangelina Perez, describing her incarcerated mother’s condition after missing another dialysis treatment. Evangelina Perez lost count of …
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