Post by ashliy on Feb 15, 2022 8:42:39 GMT
Inmates at Oregon’s only federal prison report dire medical care
Dire conditions inside the federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon, have not improved over the course of the pandemic and numerous medical requests from inmates inside the facility continue to go unaddressed, according to Oregon’s federal public defender in a recent court filing.
Cancer patients have not received treatment for months. Inmates who say they’ve attempted suicide have not received the medication or mental health treatment they’ve requested.
In December, a man died in his cell, according to the Feb. 4 court filing. It’s the fourth person in the last year who died while serving their sentence at Sheridan.
Lisa Hay, Oregon’s federal public defender, described the problems inside the Bureau of Prisons run facility as below the standards required by the U.S. Constitution.
“What’s most dismaying to me is that we’re hearing the same kinds of complaints for two years and I feel somewhat helpless,” Hay told OPB in an interview Thursday. “People are dying, people are being harmed, people are being harmed psychologically and physically.”
A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons did not respond to questions about conditions and medical care at Sheridan, but confirmed James Theodore Toms died on Dec. 26 at the Sheridan prison.
In September, after an inmate died and similar concerns surfaced over the lack of medical care, a federal judge authorized Hay and a small team to conduct an inspection at the Sheridan Federal Correctional Institution. Part of the inspection team included Dr. Michael Puerini, a certified expert in corrections health care.
www.opb.org/article/2022/02/11/oregon-prison-federal-sheridan-covid-inmate-death/
This shouldn't be happening.
Dire conditions inside the federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon, have not improved over the course of the pandemic and numerous medical requests from inmates inside the facility continue to go unaddressed, according to Oregon’s federal public defender in a recent court filing.
Cancer patients have not received treatment for months. Inmates who say they’ve attempted suicide have not received the medication or mental health treatment they’ve requested.
In December, a man died in his cell, according to the Feb. 4 court filing. It’s the fourth person in the last year who died while serving their sentence at Sheridan.
Lisa Hay, Oregon’s federal public defender, described the problems inside the Bureau of Prisons run facility as below the standards required by the U.S. Constitution.
“What’s most dismaying to me is that we’re hearing the same kinds of complaints for two years and I feel somewhat helpless,” Hay told OPB in an interview Thursday. “People are dying, people are being harmed, people are being harmed psychologically and physically.”
A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons did not respond to questions about conditions and medical care at Sheridan, but confirmed James Theodore Toms died on Dec. 26 at the Sheridan prison.
In September, after an inmate died and similar concerns surfaced over the lack of medical care, a federal judge authorized Hay and a small team to conduct an inspection at the Sheridan Federal Correctional Institution. Part of the inspection team included Dr. Michael Puerini, a certified expert in corrections health care.
www.opb.org/article/2022/02/11/oregon-prison-federal-sheridan-covid-inmate-death/
This shouldn't be happening.