Reply #13: This is NORMAL in U.S. jails. Medical neglect kills inmates daily.... [View All]

[Porcupine]

I recently spent several months in the local county jail. During that time I saw three inmates with grossly infected abcesses in the teeth go without care for days. Of course I never saw more than 40 inmates while I was in there due to "pod" housing.

These were cases where the entire upper or lower jaw had swollen up due to a raging infection. Typically they could not get treatment for at least 24 hours after the condition became visible. They would call these complaints repeatedly to the guards attention and would be threatened with punishment if they continued to ask for medical care. These are infections that would normally get you immediate admission to a hospital for observation.

Inmates die in jails for lack of the most basic medical care. Antibiotics, insulin and treatment for shock are all delayed as long as possible by the staff. This is the NORM not the exception. The U.S. is a sad joke it really is.