Ignored, misdiagnosed, left to die: Illinois' new prison health care provider has a history of poor care, records show

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...