A South Carolina prison is under critique after officers dragged a man outside and left him to die after he was stabbed by two fellow inmates.
Allen 'AJ' Capers, 32, is seen writhing around as he bled to death on New Year's Eve 2017 and it took 30 minutes for Turbeville Correctional Institution staff to show up and help the injured man, a video shows.
An incident report states that an officer walking through a wing close to where Capers was stabbed saw, 'bloody hand prints on the shower doors, and blood on the walls entering the unit'.
According to an officer report, guards radioed 'main control' to say 'medical assistance was needed as soon as possible' but the footage shows he was left in the cold on the day when temperatures were only at a high of 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
Allen Capers was stabbed to death by fellow inmate on New Year's Eve a year and a half ago
He is seen writhing around as he bled to death December 31, 2017 and guards simply walk by
It took 30 minutes for help from staff at Turbeville Correctional Institution, South Carolina
After 24 minutes, an inmate is the first to show some kind of attempt to help and minutes later more bring a stretcher.
Numerous correction officers are seen pacing past as Capers was dying.
'Following an inmate altercation at Turbeville one inmate was killed and eight inmates were sent for offsite medical attention,' the South Carolina Department of Corrections tweeted at 7.37pm that day.
It was after they had posted updates on how they along with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) were responding to an incident, isolated to one housing unit and that there was no threat to the public.
They reassured followers – some concerned family of inmates - that all staff were safe and accounted for and that the facility had been secured.
Almost a year and a half later, loved ones still have no answer for why Capers was neglected.
Fellow inmates brought over a wheelchair and tried to help after 24 minutes by walked away
Capers, 32, had been dragged outside by officers who said they had radioed for help
Help was sent for Capers in the form of a stretcher but by then he'd stopped moving
He had been locked up since childhood due to involvement in an armed robbery he was said to be remorseful for.
The head of South Carolina's Department of Corrections has admitted they did wrong.
'We should've done more to help,' Bryan Stirling said. 'I don't know if he should've died. I know that we should have done more to render aid.'
The deceased inmate's mother Debra Dickson has filed a
