Posted by shasling on January 21, 2006, at 12:07:26
In reply to tasering mentally ill to death, posted by James K on January 21, 2006, at 10:23:29
Twenty to one he did not get his meds. Twenty to one they didn't really care if he needed them.
Had a friend worked as mental counselor at Fort Worth jail, he said it was a snake pit and the inmate's med needs weren't ever being met. They have this chair there where they tie the guys to it for hours if they seem out of control. Guys who most times just aren't getting their psych meds.
Later the local paper had a huge expose of the lack of medical treatment, mental and otherwise, at this jail. Interviewed inmates and ex-inmates - well, the ones that didn't die there - jail employees, lawyers, family members, got statistics. It was a huge front page placed article that went on for like four or five pages. Really got the expose treatment, painted a godawful picture where guys have died tied to that chair, and they regularly die there for lack of basic medicines, and just the general unnecessary suffering. Then...... nothing.
Like it was never written.
I mean, we can't worry about Elizabeth Smart/Laci Peterson/Natalee Holloway/insert next missing pretty white girl here, and the suffering of inmates at the same time, can we?
I am a pathological rule follower and good-behavior model cause I never ever ever want to end up in the hands of this state on any level.
If it helps, cause I can tell how angry you are, it isn't like this everywhere. There are states that actually take care of the people in their care. We just happen to be in one of the bottom three: Texas Mississippi and Arkansas, on all indicators of social care.
Suzie
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