Marcus Mays sits with his daughter, Aaliyah. Mays, who had a history of grand mal seizures, died while in the custody of the Will County Jail after failing to receive anti-seizure medication throughout his stay.
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Aaliyah Jade Hirsch was eight years old when her father, Marcus Mays, died in the custody of the Will County Jail after suffering a grand mal seizure.
Faced with $644 million in debt and hundreds of lawsuits alleging inadequate health care, Wellpath, the nation’s largest private provider of medical care for county jails, declared bankruptcy late last year.
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Federal correctional officers staged a protest in response to an Associated Press investigation that exposed how the Bureau of Prisons repeatedly promoted an official who was accused of beating several Black inmates. The officers gathered in front of the Bureau of Prisons' regional office in Stockton, California. The picket comes as members of Congress, including the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, are demanding answers from the agency's director after AP's reporting on deputy regional director Thomas Ray Hinkle. Hinkle was repeatedly promoted, most recently to one of the highest posts in the agency. And this has happened despite his being accused of beating multiple Black inmates in the 1990s. Since then, people who know Hinkle say he has repeatedly boasted about the beatings and being part of a violent, racist group of officers that called themselves "The Cowboys." An Associated Press investigation has found the Bureau of Prisons has continued to promote Hinkle despite numerous red flags.
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Marcus Mays sits with his daughter, Aaliyah. Mays, who had a history of grand mal seizures, died while in the custody of the Will County Jail after failing to receive anti-seizure medication throughout his stay.
