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| OpEd: Inmate health ignored at our risk |
| By The Buffalo News |
| Published: 08/14/2008 |
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NEW YORK - No one ever lost an election by paying more attention to taxpayers than to inmates. But there comes a point when the interests of those two groups coincide. Given the well-documented problems at Erie County lock-ups, you have to wonder if county officials recognize that they’ve reached that point. Five deaths in the Holding Center and other county facilities in the past year have the U. S. Justice Department concerned. The lawsuit from a diabetic inmate who claims he couldn’t get insulin because there was no medical staff on duty should have taxpayers concerned. While a judge will decide how much access the Justice Department gets after the Collins administration barred federal inspectors, a jury could end up deciding how much the county — read the “taxpayer”— has to fork over to Craig S. Beatty. Beatty is the corrections officer and diabetic arrested in 2005 in a dispute over a go-cart theft. He ended up pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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