Special Edition Newsletter on Hep C lawsuits out now!

Here is our Special Edition Informational Bulletin nr 21A (Feb. 2017) on Hep C lawsuits that went out to all NV prisoners in contact with NV-CURE regarding representation in a class action lawsuit.  It was not sent to all our Members. You may download, print and send to other prisoners.

Front part of our extra IB 21A (Feb. 2017) about a Hep C class action.

Our Autumn Informational Newsbulletin is out now!

You can read the latest Informational Bulletin by clicking here.

In this IB more attention for the Hepatitis C virus and (non-)treatment inside Nevada's prisons, hygiene inside the women's prison, the solitary confinement-survey by ACLU of Nevada, and more.

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NDOC: Forty Five (45) Prisoner Deaths in One (1) Year

On Tuesday, July 7 at 9 am. NV-CURE President John Witherow will be interviewed on Nevada Public Radio 88.9 FM on this subject. 

This comes from our Informational Bulletin nr 12, 2015:

Forty five people have died in custody in Nevada’s prison facilities since August, 2014. Four committed suicide.

One was shot by a prison guard. One died of cardiovascular disease and the rest are either deaths caused, according to NDOC, by “medical condition”, unknown”, “natural”, or “prolonged illness”. We want to know the causes of death and whether any of these deaths are attributable to the Hepatitis C virus.

This information was provided to NV-CURE by an NPR Senior Producer Joe Schoenmann and former Correctional Officer Mark Clarke, whom we thank for their time and efforts regarding this matter.  We hope that further investigation will reveal the facts regarding each of these
deaths.

Not one noted death is from hepatitis C, even though we know that the prevalence of that disease is much higher than in the population at large and we know that NDOC gives very little treatment for this very treatable disease. Allegedly, many of these deaths are “under investigation”, and NV-CURE finally has volunteers willing to keep track of each death, order the coroner’s report, which is a matter of public record, if necessary, and log the deaths on a spreadsheet, making sure that the media, legislators and the US DOJ are made aware of the high number of deaths due to disease. It is estimated that 12-35% of prisoners nationwide are infected with the Hep C virus. We will never know exactly how many prisoners are infected with the disease, until we have testing, which the Nevada legislature and the NDOC refuse to provide.

NDOC claims that they are investigating the potential of providing hospice care, but we have seen no action yet on that claim.

On Tuesday, July 7 at 9 am. NV-CURE President John Witherow will be interviewed on Nevada Public Radio 88.9 FM on this subject. A recording of the program will be posted on our website, Nevaacure.org.  Thank you for your attention to this problem.

Nevada-Cure: Special Information-Bulletin September 2014 and Protest-flyer

Please read our extra edition of NV-Cure's Special Information-Bulletin: September 2014, for our upcoming PROTEST on Sept. 12th in Las Vegas.

P R O T E S T

September 12, 2014, 11 AM - 12:30 PM

Place:
Sidewalk in Front of Entrance to Grounds of:

Grant Sawyer Building
555 E. Washington Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89101-1072

ISSUES  BEING  PROTESTED:

1. Testing of ALL Prisoners for Hepatitis C Infection

2. Treatment for ALL Prisoners Infected With Hepatitis C and HIV

3. Elimination of Discretionary Parole System

4. Creation of Independent Legislative Correctional Ombudsman

To Investigate Prisoner Grievances

ENACT APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION - NOW

Our flyer (please share by downloading and printing or via social media like facebook, twitter):

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Our Flyer in PDF

NDOC's hepatitis c guidelines

These documents show Nevada Dept. of Corrections' guidelines they sent us which NDOC uses for determining if a prisoner should be tested for hepatitus C or if a prisoner infected with hepatitis c should be treated by NDOC.

The documents were sent to Nevada-Cure by NDOC on February 11th, 2014 at NV Cure's request.

View the hep c documents of NDOC here.