A family is 'standing to get justice' after they say their loved one died behind bars without getting cancer treatment, despite the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office knowing he was ill.
In early 2020, Albert Ramirez was accused of aggravated robbery after he had just received a liver cancer diagnosis and didn't get a treatment plan before being taken into custody."They said they were taking care of him. They said they were informed. They said they knew he had cancer, and I said, 'Well, I haven't heard from him, and I just need to know; Is he in the hospital? Is he here? Is he OK?' And they couldn't tell me that," his sister, Esmerelda Trigo, said.
Trigo said she didn't even learn about her brother's worsening health problems from jail leadership or then-Sheriff Troy Nehls. Instead, it was Ramirez's bunkmate that wanted to make sure his family knew Albert wasn't doing OK. "They said they didn't know if he was going to make it. I said, 'I don't care. You do everything you can for him,'" Trigo said. Albert died in the hospital.
That trend continues. In 2021 there were 17 deaths; 82% died of natural causes, and 65% died in a medical facility. In 2022, 25 people died, with 52% dying of natural causes and 76% dying in a medical facility. So far in 2023, there have been eight deaths. Sixty-three percent of deaths so far this year were of natural causes, and 50% have died in a medical facility.
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