Officers ignored dying man at VA prison, feds say. Has family gotten justice?

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Officers ignored dying man at VA prison, feds say. Has family gotten justice?

A former prison lieutenant is the second sentenced in the death of a man who might’ve lived if staff didn’t ignore his serious medical needs for more than 24 hours, leading him to die on the floor of his cell, according to federal prosecutors.Wade Walters’ symptoms were “sudden and severe,” beginning the morning of Jan. 9, 2021 — when he lost the ability to speak, stand or walk without falling — at FCI Petersburg Medium, a security facility for men in Virginia, about a 30-mile drive southeast from Richmond, court filings say.After a series of falls into walls, objects and ..