The state of Virginia has agreed to settle a lawsuit involving 1,200 prisoners who claimed they received inadequate health care while behind bars. In the past three years, at least 10 deaths likely could have been prevented had appropriate and timely treatment been given at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women. According to Brenda Casteneda of the Legal Aid Justice Center, problems that female inmates have faced include “not being able to get medications, not being able to go and see specialists, going to see specialists but then having orders be disregarded, not being able to get accommodations if they have disabilities, not being able to get sufficient pain control.” As a result of the settlement, the Department of Corrections will issue formal guidelines to address these problems and the former director of health care services for Pennsylvania’s prisons will monitor the state. Aimed Alliance supports access to quality health care for inmates. Read more here.
Last Updated on May 7, 2020 by Aimed Alliance
