by Editor | Jan 9, 2019 | Health
Dept. of Corrections expects us to clean our room but does not provide the necessary means to do so. We wash our floors with Suave shampoo. Shampoo is not going to kill the stomach flu or worse bacteria such as Hep C. We used to get cleaner that was blue like window...
by Editor | Jan 9, 2019 | Health
We are in our 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. Here is a picture of “pill call” at 9:30 am, 365 days a year, where we line up in front of Medical. Everyone in this sketch is a first-time “offender.” What are we thinking? That we are...
by Editor | Jan 7, 2019 | Health
This image is a watercolor (because no photographs in prison) in “B” yard, Santa Cruz unit. This is the rule, NOT the exception.
by Editor | Dec 10, 2018 | Health
The Arizona Department of Corrections contracts with privately owned correctional health care company Corizon Health to oversee all medical, mental and dental care at 10 state prisons. However, that care has come under scrutiny in federal court. Read more: ...
by Editor | Oct 10, 2017 | Health
Originally published OCT. 10, 2017 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News October, 2017, page 44 by David Reutter In 2005, at the urging of then-Governor Mitch Daniels, the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) awarded a contract to privatize medical care...
by Editor | Aug 30, 2017 | Health
Originally published AUG. 30, 2017 by Matthew Clarke published in Prison Legal News September, 2017, page 32 by Matt Clark Corizon Health is one of the nation’s largest for-profit medical providers for prisons and jails. Recent lawsuits against the company,...
