Sixth man dies from coronavirus at Fort Worth federal prison where outbreak continues
A sixth inmate from a Fort Worth federal prison died from coronavirus on Tuesday, the Bureau of Prisons announced.
Thomas Rogers, 79, was seen by prison health staff at Federal Medical Center Fort Worth on April 20 for altered mental status. He passed out and health services administered life-saving efforts and revived him, according to the BOP.
Rogers was taken to a hospital and tested positive for COVID-19.
On Tuesday, Rogers died at the hospital.
According to the BOP, he had long-term, pre-existing medical conditions. He was sentenced in the Southern District of California to a 188-month sentence for armed bank robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He had been in custody at FMC Fort Worth since July 20, 2015.
Five other men have died from coronavirus at the federal prison, where 641 inmates have tested positive for the virus, according to union president and correctional officer Gregory Watts.
Out of all the country’s federal prisons, FMC Fort Worth has the second highest number of active cases of coronavirus, according to data from the BOP, as of Tuesday.
On April 22, Arnoldo Almeida was the first inmate from the prison to die from coronavirus. Donnie Grabener, 65, died on April 25, and Oscar Ortiz, 78, died April 24.
On May 2, Kevin Ivy, 59, died within six days of being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Guadalupe Ramos, 56, died at John Peter Smith Hospital early Sunday, hours before his family planned to take him off life support, his niece, Veronica Chavez, said.
