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| Conn. Supreme Court rules patient rights end at prison gate |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 06/28/2004 |
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The Conn. Supreme Court ruled last Monday that Connecticut's law protecting the rights of medical patients does not extend to prisoners. The ruling overturns a Superior Court judge's decision not to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the estate of a mentally ill Hartford man who died in 1999 after a prison fight. The lawsuit accused state prison officials, prison officers and prison health care workers, of failing to properly treat and care for 28-year-old Bryant Wiseman's schizophrenia. Prison mental health staff discontinued Wiseman's anti-psychotic medication two days before his death, and Wiseman became increasingly aggressive as a result, his family's lawsuit says. In writing for the 5-0 majority, Justice Flemming L. Norcutt Jr., wrote that Connecticut's "patients' bill of rights" conflicts directly with statutes and regulations that govern the operation of prisons. Wiseman died on Nov. 17, 1999, died while serving a 10-year prison term at the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown for criminal attempt to commit arson. He had been incarcerated since 1995. Even though the Supreme Court ruled against Wiseman, the lawsuit will continue on allegations of medical malpractice and civil rights violations, Ponvert said. |
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