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C.J. Ciaramella

Inspector General Report Finds Serious Failures Led to an Inmate Wasting Away From Treatable Cancer

In a case of fatal medical neglect that led a disgusted federal judge to hold the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in contempt, government investigators confirmed that prison officials allowed an incarcerated man to waste away from highly treatable cancer and misrepresented key facts about his health care to a court.

A report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Justice Department released today concluded that serious failures by multiple levels of staff at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Seagoville, a low-security prison in Texas, led to the death of Frederick Bardell from colon cancer in 2021.

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