Thursday, September 06, 2012

The scandal of seriously ill prisoners denied basic healthcare

The scandal of seriously ill prisoners denied basic healthcare

Daniel Roque Hall's horror story exemplifies how inmates are seen as prisoners first and patients very much second


As those who know the prison system well will tell you, jail is the last place you want to be if you are seriously ill. My memory bank – along with the annals of Inquest, the charity that works with those bereaved by deaths in custody – is crowded with horror stories of medical negligence: sick prisoners wrongly diagnosed, mistreated, or just plain ignored.

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