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| Carlton Bullard 692180 Racine Correctional Institution (RCI) The Reality About Healthcare Treatment in State Prison 9224 |
All too often prisoners in state prisons suffer from physical and mental illnesses or are navigating prison life with disabilities. State prisons fall far short of their constitutional duty to meet the essential needs of people in their custody. As a result, people in the state prisons are kept in a constant state of illness and despair. Instead of Rehabilitation, people in prison are ,at the very least, serving in a system for people failed by other parts of the US social safety net. It shows that state prisons are full of neglected people.
Bad prison policy is an issue for all of us, not just those who are behind bars. Huge proportions of people in state prisons are impacted by disease, infection, disability and mental illness. Incarcerated people have higher rates of certain chronic conditions and infectious diseases compared to the general US population in many but not all cases. In cases where rates of illnesses are not higher, we must consider the rates of undiagnosed conditions and disease among incarcerated people are likely to be higher due to inadequate screening during prison. In addition, people in prison rely on and are burdened by having to request medical appointments through prison medical Correctional staff and having to pay unaffordable fees, copay, for care while incarcerated.
Individual’s health issues may begin before being arrested. Incarceration often makes their medical conditions even worse. Then creates new ones. Being locked up in and of itself causes lasting damage to one's health, to loved ones health, including children born to Injustice involved parents.
People in prison have a constitutional right to health care. But that care Is designed to treat acute Healthcare problems rather than to prevent or effectively treat chronic disease. People in state prisons have much higher rates of illness compared to General Public. In prisons people 55 and older report being diagnosed with asthma and considering that asthma can be triggered by mold, dust mites, air pollution and pests- all things found in poorly maintained and harmfully sited prisons, asthma is a serious problem for incarcerated people.
From infectious disease, covid-19, hepatitis- C, substance use disorders, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, pain like arthritis, chronic pain, other rheumatoid diseases, fibromyalgia, lupus and cancer. For some other medical conditions, rates are comparable between incarcerated and nonincarcerated people. This is not to say these conditions are not problems in prisons. Because people in state prisons face challenges to their physical, mental Health on a daily basis, prisoners need at least the same level of care as they might get on the outside. Which we know is not our reality.
Medical problems are always much higher for older people in the state prisons. Those age 55 and older picture what it's like to age in prison with some of these health conditions above. People in prison are far poorer on average than non incarcerated people. Moreover prison Healthcare falls short of the constitutional duty to care for those in state prisons. As a result of such inadequate health care, many people in prison end up worse off upon release or dying prematurely. Cancer is more deadly in prison than. on the outside. People recently released from prison have a higher risk of hospitalization and death from heart disease than the average person.
In the first two weeks after release from prison, individuals face a risk to death that is more than 12 times higher than for the non incarcerated individual. That is due to little or no medical treatment Medical and inadequate Health care.by unskilled and untrained medical nurse practitioners, RNs, dentist and nurse assistants. This is not something I'm just writing about. I personally experienced these violations of my constitutional rights, DAI Policies, human rights and also federal and state laws. For prisoners Healthcare rights in prison, prison reform is needed on every level- federal state and local government. We have prison policies and some are very strict but in prison those prison policies are violated by the prison’s medical and dental staff.
Carlton Bullard 692180
Racine Correctional Institution (RCI)Note; All mail to prisoners goes through a third party vendor-
Address for all prisoners:
prisoner's name, doc Number
name of prisoner written full out
PO Box 189; Phoenix, MD 21131
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