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| Expert panel criticizes medical care at Illinois prisons |
| By timesfreepress.com |
| Published: 05/20/2015 |
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CHICAGO (AP) - A scathing new report by court-approved researchers paints a bleak picture of medical care in Illinois prisons, describing treatment delays, haphazard follow-up care, chaotic record keeping and a litany of other problems that may have cut short the lives of some inmates. The 405-page report, which the Illinois Department of Corrections immediately disputed, was filed late Tuesday night in U.S. District Court in Chicago in a class-action suit against the agency, which oversees 49,000 inmates statewide. The report concludes that "Illinois has been unable to meet minimal constitutional standards with regards to the adequacy of its health care program." Within minutes of the filing, the agency issued a brief statement saying the report "uses a broad brush to paint an incomplete picture of the comprehensive medical system in place" at prisons statewide. It added that the authors should not have drawn the sweeping conclusions it did after visiting just eight of 25 Illinois prison facilities. Read More. |
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