SEATTLE - The family of Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano, an inmate at Telfair State Prison in Georgia, announced a lawsuit against the state's Department of Corrections, alleging that the officers' negligent performance of their duties caused Ramirez's death.
Concretely, officers at the Telfair State Prison are accused of leaving Ramirez in an outdoor cell for five hours without water, shade or ice despite the outside temperatures climbing to 96 degrees Fahrenheit. Ramirez died of heart and lung failure as a result of heat exposure that evening.
