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| Federal report critical of DepCor's care for inmates |
| By kuam.com- Sabrina Salas Matanane |
| Published: 05/19/2014 |
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Guam - The US Department of Justice has filed a scathing report with the District Court involving the Department of Corrections, specifically related to mental and medical care for inmates that they assert is severely lacking. It was on May 6th court monitor Attorney Bradley Klemm filed his status report with the federal court outlining the problems with Department of Corrections Medical Unit. DepCor and the US Department of Justice signed off on a consent decree in 1991 which mandated DepCor make several improvements. Following Klemm's May 6th report the Justice Department today filed its response stating that it "documents a crisis of inadequate medical and mental health care in the department of corrections' the lack of an onsite mental health care services, the discovery of active tuberculosis and dozens of related exposures last month are "simply the most recent illustrations of the territory's consistent failure to comply' Read More. |
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