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Too Many In-Custody Deaths of BOP Prisoners are Unnecessary and Preventable
Loaded on Dec. 1, 2021
by Casey Bastian
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2021, page 44
Filed under:
Compassionate Release.
Location:
United States of America.
by Casey J. Bastian
William Figueria was imprisoned at Butner, a federal facility in North Carolina. Figueria was 63-years-old, and was serving a 30-month sentence for Distribution of Cocaine Base. On April 20, 2020, Figueria died as a result of his significant underlying medical conditions which included chronic hepatitis C, ...
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