A Man Incarcerated for 3 Days Dies of Ketoacidosis 

A 38-year-old-man detained in a county jail outside Texas was discovered unresponsive in the infirmary unit of the jail. He was surrounded by urine, feces, and vomit. After being transported to a nearby hospital, he was pronounced dead. He had been in the custody of the county jail for three days when he died. An autopsy revealed that the man’s blood sugar was five times higher than the normal level, and there was a high concentration of acid in his blood.

Proper Treatment of Diabetes was Denied an Inmate Who Died at 55

A 55-year-old woman was held in a city jail for 29 days. Records show that she did not receive the prescribed dosages of her medication. When she entered the jail, her blood sugar was high. When her body was found, she had vomit on her face and the bed. She was in full rigor mortis.

A 63-Year-Old Dies After His Blood Sugar was 13 Times the Normal Range

In a shocking case at a jail outside Texas, a 63-year-old inmate was transported to a hospital after correctional officers saw that he could no longer stand and he was vomiting. The hospital found that the man’s blood sugar was 1,472, which is almost 13 times the normal level. When he entered the jail months earlier, he reported that he had diabetes, but he was never provided with treatment for the disease. The man died the day after he was admitted into the hospital.

See Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, and Part 6 of this ongoing series.

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