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This week's topic: Sentenced to Death by Neglect
We will discuss the US Prison Healthcare system
Michigan has the country’s oldest prisoner population, including people in their 80s. Many did not receive regular health care prior to incarceration. Undiagnosed illnesses are often uncovered in prison
To reduce healthcare costs, government officials have increasingly turned to private vendors. But the trail of corruption, death and suffering left behind demonstrates that contracting prisoners’ medical services to for-profit companies is not the answer to the problem
The 8th amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. However, the Constitution does not give more guidance than that...
There are people in the prisons all over the United States suffering pain, permanent injuries, and preventable deaths due to the failure to provide health care,
The 8th Amendment specifically bans:
Excessive bail or fines
Excessive force or brutal treatment
Unsafe prison conditions
Unsanitary prison conditions
Doctors in Michigan prisons are largely contracted. October 2021, The State of Michigan paid $590 million contract to the sole provider of medical care to the state’s incarcerated people.
Today we will also talk to the family members of Theresa Dunlap (Marsay and Takeyla Dunlap), inmate at WHV in Michigan. Ms. Dunlap was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic lung cancer. Theresa Dunlap lay shackled to a hospital bed, battling stage 4 lung cancer and COVID-19 while mold grew in her chemo port due to neglect and inhumane healthcare.
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