| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | Dec. 10, 2025, 6:02 a.m. |
| Last Updated | Dec. 10, 2025, 6:02 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/criminal-justice/2025/12/10/prison-health-care-illinois-centurion |
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Kenneth Johnson was slowly suffocating to death.
Johnson, 60, was in a Vermont prison awaiting trial in December 2019. Despite
repeatedly complaining that he was struggling to breathe, he was misdiagnosed
and largely ignored by the prison’s correctional and medical staff, according to
a lawsuit his...