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| Former administrator alleges prison for special-needs inmates provided substandard care |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 05/03/2004 |
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The former health care administrator at the state prison in New Castle, Ind., alleged in a lawsuit that she was driven out of her job for questioning why inmates were receiving substandard care. The $123 million medium-security prison, on the grounds of the former New Castle State Developmental Center about 35 miles east of Indianapolis, was intended to house inmates who are mentally ill or terminally ill. It has a small hospital, an assisted living unit and a hospice. "If you're going to fit a certain population all in one spot, you're going to have to provide adequate health treatment," Barbara Logan told The Indianapolis Star for a story last Wednesday. "This wasn't even the minimum." Logan filed a lawsuit earlier this month in Marion County Superior Court alleging that prison officials did not keep close tabs on sharp instruments and narcotic drugs, improperly disposed of medicines and routinely interfered with doctors' orders. "Basic nursing care was not being followed," she said. Logan, 50, of Muncie, was hired in April 2002 by Prison Health Services. The state pays the Brentwood, Tenn.,-based company about $35 million a year to manage health care for 21,500 inmates. Prison Health Services Vice President Lawrence Pomeroy and Indiana Department of Correction spokeswoman Pam Pattison both declined to comment on the lawsuit. Logan's lawsuit followed the death of a prison inmate on Feb. 26. |
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