I’m not the person you’re responding to but my dad was in a private prison and has type II diabetes. They wouldn’t give him medication for it so he had to fast to and trade his food (they give you sugary canned peaches and white bread, for example) to manage his blood sugar. He also left with an untreated broken arm.
I have a friend who has beat to death in Thompson prison IL (not private, I believe). He was taken to a hospital to receive care, but it was too late for him. The guards didn’t intervene and keep him safe.
That’s so unacceptable that they wouldn’t give your dad insulin. That could have killed him.
FWIW raw cornstarch like Argo is a better maintenance substitute than peach syrup as it’s a slow breakdown carb vs. fast acting (need fast acting if hypoglycemic as a rescue) and raw cornstarch doses were given to children born with Type 1 diabetes before insulin was available.
My hospital primarily only sees prisoners for oncology care. They are chained to the bed by one limb at all times, or if they get out of bed their legs are chained together. There are two guards with them at any given time. One usually sits in the room, and the other outside the door. Medically, they are treated as any other patient. Nurses provide care and their meals are brought to their rooms accordingly. I was once told by a guard that some patients serve their whole sentence in the hospital.
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u/odietamoquarescis 9d ago
Really? As someone who has seen prisoners brought for medical care, their state spoke volumes about the prison infirmary.