Readers, if you’ve been watching the local news you have seen a flurry of stories about the miserable health care in AZ prisons. We’ve been writing about this for years, but the media has finally noticed….and the Court. Jensen v Thornell, the lawsuit against the state that started in 2012 could be winding to a close, and saving countless inmate lives if it ends in Receivership.
Simply put, Receivership means the Feds take over the state prison. March 25th is the big day that the Judge should make her decision regarding this case. This whole mess has already happened in California. In 2005, Plata v Schwarzenegger ended in Receivership, and ended “the undisputed constitutional deficiencies in prisoners’ health care.”
A year ago we interviewed a lady who was at a California prison before, during, and after the Feds took over. She was amazed at the speed of improved health care within a WEEK from the judge’s decision. Real doctors were hired and people stopped dying needless deaths.
To read public record: No. CV 12-00601-PHX-ROS Plaintiff’s Motion For A Receiver.