Inmate dies after officers failed to provide medical care

555 Inmate Felix Manus died June 11. His family's lawyer says county officers delayed calling 911 when Manus suffered an asthma attack in May. Newly released surveillance footage from inside the Erie County work-release center offers the clearest view yet into the treatment of inmate Felix L. Manus, who died June 11. But the significance of the footage, which the Erie Times-News received after filing a Right-to-Know request, is in dispute. Erie County Solicitor Richard Perhacs has said that the footage appears to contradict some claims the Manus family's lawyer, John Mizner, has raised, such as his description of Manus' level of distress while at the work-release center. Mizner said Wednesday that the footage confirms that county corrections officers failed to provide Manus with adequate medical care after he suffered an asthma attack during a work-release shift near Edinboro on May 30. Manus, 48, died June 11 at UPMC Hamot. His family has said that he never regained consciousness after suffering cardiac arrest because of a lack of oxygen.

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