The family of a 27-year-old Hispanic man who was incarcerated at Telfair State Prison has filed a lawsuit alleging guards left him to die after placing him in an outdoor “cage” for five hours without water, ice or shade.
At a news conference announcing the lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections in Decatur on Thursday, Norma Bibiano said her son was loving, kind and very intelligent, and that she never expected to receive the message she got that he had died behind bars.
“I had always hoped he’d return home,” Bibiano said, speaking in Spanish. “I miss all his calls and messages, where he always told me, ‘I love you, mama. Take care of yourself. Don’t worry. I’m OK.'”
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