Terry Rogers holds a photo of Michael Williams, her brother, in front of her home in Bridge City, Louisiana, on May 17, 2020.The U.S. Response to COVID-19ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.By the time he persuaded the guards to let him call his family, Michael Williams could feel his life slipping away. His body ached, and he was struggling to breathe. For three days, he had been locked behind the heavy metal door of a cramped prison cell, terrified and alone.“They weren’t treating him,” his son, Kevin Cooks,...…Terry Rogers holds a photo of Michael Williams, her brother, in front of her home in Bridge City, Louisiana, on May 17, 2020.The U.S. Response to COVID-19ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.By the time he persuaded the guards to let him call his family, Michael Williams could feel his life slipping away. His body ached, and he was struggling to breathe. For three days, he had been locked behind the heavy metal door of a cramped prison cell, terrified and alone.“They weren’t treating him,” his son, Kevin Cooks,...WW…