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1. hamiltonlindley on 02/05/2020:

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2. CO809 on 01/20/2008:

   First of all, I hope you will read this all the way through. What you forget to mention is that both your loved one and the man featured in the story are criminals. Should we treat them before we treat an innocent child who really needs help. Second, life saving procedures will never be denied an inmate in normal circumstances, and a hurt hip and knee is hardly life threatning. the "stomach" shutdown you state is a direct consequence of Hep. C, and has nothing to do with nutrition. Inmates nationally are mandated to be served a 2300 calorie diet daily, and this is vigorously checked. even if your loved on was not getting this, this would not cause his medical problems. The conditions of prison are such to discourage future bad behavior that would lead them back to prison, although at your loved ones age, i think the point is moot. It is time you look at the facts... Yes, sometimes bad things happen to people that dont deserve it. More often than not its the victims of the crimes that people like your loved one commited. The crooks are hardly innocent here, but again, every person is treated appropriatly directly relating to their injury. Your loved one's condition was present before he was detained, and i bethis treatment now is superior to what he could have afforded on his own. Do not make him out to be a victim when he is getting better than he would have gotten on the outside. Dont like prison? Dont commit a crime and come back. Get a job like the rest of us, and pay your dues. And please, dont try to tell me its all a big conspiracy, this is the ranting of a desperate man in prison....not the ranting of someone on the outside who should know better. The statistics you give on percentages are incorrect.....the chinese goverment does not count "political prisoners" as inmates (these are people who dared exercise free speech) Perhaps your loved one would want to transfer to a chinese prison? I didnt think so.

3. Law Student on 01/17/2008:

   My heart goes out to the friends and family of Curtis Heino. The lack of medical attention in the Wisconsin County Jails is an atrocity and the medical staff does as little as possible to care for the inmates medical needs. I have dealt with this problem since January 27, 2007 when my husband was a pre-trial detainee. He is 70 years and had recently received a total hip replacement. He needed medication, his medical aids (just to dress himself) and six months of physical therapy. He was denied his prescribed medication and treatment by the medical staff at the Brown County and Kenosha County Jails. His orthopaedic surgeon had scheduled him for knee surgery in March of 2007. All medical treatment for his knee has been denied by the corrections department. I attempted to work with Marty Ordinans, Director of Detention Facilities, Greg Buchholtz, Inspector, Roger Breske, State Representative, U.S. Congressman Steve Kagan, the Wisconsin Chapter of the ACLU, and no remedy to the situation was ever forthcoming. Consequently, my husband will most likely have to use a cane the rest of his life. On January 9, 2008, my husband was taken from Kenosha County Detention Center to the emergency room at Aurora Medical Center for severe stomach pain. He was put into the ICU and on morphine while undergoing a multitude of tests. I was never notified that he was taken to the hospital. The staff at KCDC lied to my husband's attorney saying "this was a routine situation - it was not an emergency," eventhough he was transferred to the hospital at 10:30 at night to emergency; was given morphine for the pain, and was subsequently put into ICU. The only way I knew he was in the hospital was from another inmate who called me. The only information I could get from the U.S. Marshall's Service (my husband is a federal inmate) was that he "was alive!" I sat outside his hospital room for three days and was only allowed to see him once. I was told by the nursing staff that he would be in the hospital for a week to ten days, however, after only 4 days, he was sent back to a jail cell.He is now back at KCDC and his physician told the jail that it was critical that he receives his medication for a paralyzed stomach (his stomach simply shut down, most likely caused by a total lack nutritional food at the jail - lack of exercise - lack of fresh air for a year), and he would need to be on the medication for the rest of his life. The physician spoke to the jail saying "if he doesn't receive his medication, he will end up right back in the hospital." Unfortunately, the jail doesn't care because he isn't receiving the medication; consequently his stomach isn't functioning and he cannot eat! Exactly like Curtis Heino, my husband has lost 26 pounds since his incarceration in January of 2007. These are not isolated cases in this state's county jails. Because I have complained about the situation, my husband is now being held in isolation in a so-called medical unit in Kenosha which consists of a filthy 23 x 23 room with 6 other inmates. These inmates NEVER get to leave this small area where the risk of infection, MRSA staph infection runs rampant and they are fed cold food through a slot in the door. Yesterday, they told my husband that he had to take 4 Ibuprofen 3 times a day which is a dangerous amount and was not prescribed by the hospital. This deplorable treatment amounts to nothing more than cruel and unusual punishment and the public should be outraged. Unless people become aware and involved in this crisis, more people like Curtis Heino will die needlessly. My prayers go out to the Heino family and please don't give up in your search for the truth because the administration will do their best to cover it up in order to protect themselves. The public should also know that we have more people incarcerated in this country than any other country in the world, even China! 25% of all people incarcerated in the world are in jails in the U.S., a country with only 5% of the world's population, and people should begin to question why???