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Florida Prisoner Dies in CCA Jail
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2002
by Lonnie Burton
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2002, page 26
On February 26, 2002, the family of a prisoner who died as a result of medical neglect at the privately-run Bay County jail in Florida filed formal notice that they intend to sue the jail, as well as the Bay Medical Center where the prisoner was treated, for failure to ...
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Injury -- Misc.,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Florida.
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