Federal Medical Center Fort Worth prison inmate is eighth there to die of coronavirus
A 74-year-old Federal Medical Center Fort Worth inmate died on Friday of the novel coronavirus at a hospital, authorities said.
Charles Hanberry is the eighth FMC Fort Worth inmate to die of COVID-19, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.
On April 21, he was seen by prison health staff and had low oxygen saturation, shortness of breath and other symptoms, the prisons bureau said. Hanberry tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed in isolation.
On April 22, Hanberry was taken to a hospital for treatment and evaluation, the prisons bureau said. His condition declined on May 5, and he was placed on a ventilator.
Hanberry had medical conditions that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists as risk factors for developing more severe coronavirus disease.
He lived in San Antonio before his March 2011 sentencing for child pornography distribution. Hanberry possessed about 10,000 still images and 130 videos of nude prepubescent girls, according to a transcript of a hearing during which he pleaded guilty.
Hanberry was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to 12 years in prison. He had been in custody at FMC Fort Worth since December 2012.
Hanberry had a 20-year career in the United States Air Force and taught for 21 years at a high school.
On Friday, 326 inmates at FMC Fort Worth had active cases of coronavirus, and 310 had recovered, the prisons bureau said. Six staff members at the facility had tested positive. The prison on Friday housed 1,455 men.
Three other inmate deaths were reported this week. FMC Fort Worth inmate Vernon Adderley, 56, died on Monday. His release had been scheduled for May 19. On Tuesday, inmate Thomas Rogers, 79, died.
Guadalupe Ramos, 56, died at John Peter Smith Hospital early on May 10, his niece, Veronica Chavez, said.
This story was originally published May 15, 2020 at 10:53 PM.
