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Prison Officials Fired After Kentucky Inmate Starves to Death

HeadlineApr 22, 2014

A controversy has erupted at a Kentucky prison where an inmate has starved himself to death. James Kenneth Embry began refusing meals months after he stopped taking anti-anxiety medication around a year ago. A prison doctor has been fired and two other staffers face dismissal after failing to give him proper treatment and oversight. Embry was 57 years old. He had three years left on a nine-year sentence for drug offenses.

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