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| ACLU: Women at prison treated badly |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 05/03/2006 |
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MILWAUKEE, WI - A lawsuit filed on behalf of inmates at the largest women's prison in the state alleges the inmates have received grossly deficient care, amounting to "cruel and unusual punishment." One woman who suffers from endometriosis did not see a gynecologist during her first seven years at the prison, according to the lawsuit filed Monday. She was forced to have a hysterectomy in 2000 and has never seen a gynecologist again. Another woman at Taycheedah Correctional Institution was diagnosed with lupus in early 1999 but didn't see a doctor until December 2000, the lawsuit said. "The women at Taycheedah are in prison to pay their debt to society, not to be subjected to untreated disease and premature death. But that is exactly what they are enduring at Taycheedah," said Gouri Bhat, an attorney for the ACLU's National Prison Project. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the 49-page lawsuit, which names top state officials as defendants, including Gov. Jim Doyle, Department of Corrections Secretary Matthew J. Frank and various medical professionals who work in the prison system. It also alleges the prison failed to provide mental health services comparable to those for male prisoners in Wisconsin. |
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