A recent report has shed light on the circumstances surrounding the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old Cuban immigrant who died at the Camp East Montana detention center in Texas. The report, which includes a nearly 300-page medical examiner’s investigative report, reveals that Lunas Campos had a history of mental illness and had been expressing frustration about his care while in detention.

Systemic Neglect Alleged

According to the report, Lunas Campos had complained at least eight times to staff about skipped or late doses of antipsychotic drugs to treat his depression, anxiety, and hallucinations. The report also details incidents of self-harm, including an incident where Lunas Campos banged his head against the wall after being unable to afford to pay for a phone call to his children.

The incident that led to his death occurred after an altercation with guards over his medication. The Trump administration initially claimed that he had experienced medical distress, but a coroner later ruled his death a homicide. Lunas Campos’ children have since sued the companies running the facility, alleging negligence and improper use of force.

Expert Analysis

Two doctors who reviewed the report at the request of ProPublica and The Texas Tribune stated that the facility staff failed to adequately respond to Lunas Campos’ needs. Dr. Sanjay Basu, an epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, said that the clinical trajectory documented in Lunas Campos’ chart is the predictable result of erratic psychotropic medication administration in a patient with serious mental illness.

Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.