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| Former inmate: Prison neglect led to loss of leg |
| By Casper Star-Tribune |
| Published: 05/10/2004 |
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Salvatore Lucido walks without too noticeable a limp, considering that he's had his new prosthetic leg for just two weeks, he said last Monday. The first two artificial limbs he had last year didn't work, he said. So since November, Lucido got around either on crutches or in a wheelchair. Had it not been for the negligence and cost-cutting by medical and other officials at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in early 2003, he still would be walking on two legs, he said during an interview at the office of his attorney, John Robinson, in Casper. Last Friday, Lucido filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against former Department of Corrections Director Judy Uphoff, and prison officials and employees, according to the complaint filed in federal court. The other defendants are Correctional Medical Services, Inc., of Missouri; Dr. John Coyle; Wyoming State Penitentiary Warden Scott Abbott; and five unidentified people who are administrators and staff of the Department of Corrections, the prison, and Correctional Medical Services. The case has been assigned to Chief U.S. District Judge William Downes. |
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