This comes from Nevada Public Radio, and was transmitted on tuesday 7/7/15. John Witherow, director of Nevada-Cure, is one of the people who were interviewed.
Is Poor Medical Care Killing Nevada’s Prison Inmates?
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This comes from Nevada Public Radio, and was transmitted on tuesday 7/7/15. John Witherow, director of Nevada-Cure, is one of the people who were interviewed.
We received this letter anonymously, which shows an alarming issue:
Truman Walker asphyxiated himself by hanging, on Friday November 8th 2013, in High Desert State Prison (HDSP), Nevada, because he was afforded no proper medical care, that is supposed to be necessitated by the State of Nevada (Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC).
According to a written noteleft behind explaining his medical situation and supposedly now in State’s evidence, Truman Walker was in such physical pain that he was forced to take his own life.
The most common response inmates receive from medical doctors, nurses and staff is that there is no treatment offered for chronic pain. Furthermore, HDSP does not even diagnose the cause and/or source of the pain.
In the past ten years this complete indifference to medical attention has been ignored year after year, death after death, with no accountability.
Anything you could do to assist Truman Walker’s family in knowing the truth of his situation would be greatly appreciated.
11/16/2011
There is currently a medical care settlement at ESP which the court approved a year ago. An independent medical monitor has been appointed to oversee Ely State Prison’s compliance with the agreement for two years. Please write to Amy Fettig, ACLU Staff Counsel regarding ongoing medical issues at ESP. The ACLU is tracking and monitoring complaints and forwarding them for the Monitor’s review, according to Amy Fettig. Her address is:
Amy Fettig
Senior Staff Counsel
National Prison Project of the ACLU
915 15th St., NW 7th floor
Washington, DC 20001