44-year-old woman dies from coronavirus at women’s medical prison in Fort Worth
A fourth inmate at a federal medical prison in Fort Worth died from coronavirus on Monday, the Bureau of Prisons reported.
Veronica Carrera-Perez, 40, tested positive for COVID-19 on July 9 at FMC Carswell. On July 15, she was taken to the hospital for low oxygen. On Monday, she died.
The BOP reported that Carrera-Perez had long-term, pre-existing medical conditions. She was sentenced in the Western District of Texas to 24 years for conspiracy to possess cocaine and methamphetamine. She had been at Carswell since June 18, 2019.
As of Thursday, FMC Carswell reported 150 inmates had active cases of coronavirus, and 392 others had recovered from the virus.
Three other inmates have died from COVID-19 at the prison. Two weeks ago, the prison had the second most active cases of coronavirus out of any federal prison the country. As of Thursday, it had the third most, according to BOP data.
On Saturday, about 15 people protested outside FMC Carswell to call for the release of inmates whose health they said is imperiled by coronavirus.
On April 28, Andrea Circle Bear became the first Carswell inmate to die — and the first woman in the country to die from the virus while in federal custody — and Sandra Kincaid, 69, became the second when she died on July 14. On July 20, 51-year-old Teresa Ely died while on a ventilator.
