From The Marshall Project:
Ashley Dolcy heard panic in her husband’s voice. On most evenings, they would talk after she returned home from her job as an assistant principal at a school in the Bronx. Jason “Poppy” Phillips would call on a prison-issued tablet from his cell at Greene Correctional Facility near Albany, New York. On Dec. 14, 2023, he told her that, since lunch, he’d increasingly had trouble breathing and swallowing. Alarmed that Phillips was struggling to breathe while locked in his cell, Dolcy called the main number at the prison to seek help. No one picked up.
She then created a three-person call with her husband and his cousin, Valicia Philibert, a nursing professor. Philibert asked about his symptoms and then called the prison. Again, no answer. She called back, this time punching in 9-1-1 at the voicemail prompt. An officer picked up.
Identifying herself as a nurse, Philibert said her cousin was in medical distress and needed immediate help. “I remember saying to the officer, ‘Although he’s in prison, he shouldn’t be treated like an animal.’”
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