Prisoners' Rights - Medical Care
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Prisoners are entitled to adequate medical treatment. A prison official's refusal to provide medical care to a seriously ill inmate violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment (Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 97 S. Ct. 285, 50 L. Ed. 2d 251 [1976]). In cases where the treatment is neither cruelly withheld nor intentionally mismanaged but is inept, prisoners can sue physicians in state courts for MEDICAL MALPRACTICE.
User Comments
about 1 year ago
My son was severly beaten in the head with a hammer by guards or a guard in prision, on 12/31/2010 taken to local emergency room, stitched up, given motrin for the pain, on a tremendous amount of contact they finally called in a doctor for follow up visit, on 1/11 and he referred him to see a ENT specialist because of blood in his ears. to date he has not seen the specialist, don't know how long this is suppose to take. My son constantly complains of migraine headaches, what can we do?
almost 3 years ago
Dissatisfied potential client
I was very disappointed when calling your firm for assistance. Your operators put me on hold unannounced and when someone did finally pick up the call, she was very cold, mechanical, and did not allow me more than 7 seconds to explain my case. I had to correct her on information that she was documenting and she immediately referred me to another agency/attorney. I am aware that because your firm is well advertised and likely has many customers, it is still professional to treat each potential client with courtesy instead of being left feeling like I've just called a high-speed, automated message center!