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| Prison’s medical care system gets poor grade |
| By jamaicaobserver.com |
| Published: 03/05/2014 |
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THE US Department of State has classified as "poor" the medical care system throughout Jamaica's prisons, which have only three full-time doctors and one full-time nurse on staff for a corrections system with approximately 4,000 adult inmates At the same time, the State Department's 2013 Human Rights Report, which was released last Thursday, said that only four part-time psychiatrists cared for the 225 diagnosed mentally ill inmates in 12 facilities across the island. According to the report, "prisoners in need of dentures and unable to eat the prison food encountered difficulties gaining access to a dentist". Furthermore, it said "prison food was poor and prison authorities frequently ignored inmates' dietary restrictions". Read More. |
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