Brandon Alexander Dominguez died at age 23 in Denton County Jail, Denton, Texas, on August 18, 2021.  He was booked into the jail on July 2, 2021. On August 17, 2021, he became unresponsive after suffering medical distress.

A report from a state outside Texas was done after at least 12 people in the state’s jails and prisons died from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) over the course of 10 years. DKA is considered a preventable death because it is only fatal when diabetes is left untreated. Specifics follow about another of the deaths mentioned in the study.

Details of a DKA-Related Death – 2

An individual serving 25 years entered the prison system having never been treated for diabetes. However, during the intake process, a blood sugar test revealed that he had the disease. When he died, his blood sugar had been tested the day before and was 13 times the amount in a normal blood sugar reading. His blood sugar of 1,472 was remarkably high and an amount that medical workers rarely see in patients.

The medical director for the state’s county jail system reported that the 25-year-old suffered a painful death because his bodily systems slowly deteriorated until they were no longer responsive. One of the doctors responsible for the inmates where the man died admitted that his death would not have occurred if she and other doctors had been attentive to his medical records.

Learn more in Part 1 and this continuing series.

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–Guest Contributor