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Virginia Corrections Officer Admits Role In Federal Inmate's Death Virginia Corrections Officer Admits Role In Federal Inmate's Death
Virginia Corrections Officer Admits Role In Federal Inmate's Death A 52-year-old federal corrections officer at a Virginia prison admit his role in the death of an inmate in January 2021. Michael Anderson was working at the Federal Correctional Institution at Petersburg on Jan. 9 and 10, when an inmate, identified only as W.W., said they were experiencing symptoms of an apparent medical emergency,  said Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. The 47-year-old inmate asked Anderson for help, but Anderson failed to notify medical staff, obtain a medical assessment, contact the facility’s on-call physician, or n…

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