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| PA Inmates Take Aim at 'One Good Eye' Policy |
| By courthousenews.com- Erin Mcauley |
| Published: 01/14/2015 |
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SCRANTON, Pa. (CN) - Pennsylvania faces a federal class action over its policy of allegedly denying surgical treatment to inmates if they have at least "one good eye." "The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, by policy and practice systematically denies necessary medical care for inmates with serious eye conditions including severe cataracts, thereby condemning them to partial or total blindness," the Jan. 2 complaint states. Richard Hollihan, a ward of the state Corrections Department since 1986, brought the class action over Pennsylvania's alleged failure to give him a second cataract surgery. Though the state removed the cataract from Hollihan's right eye in 2001, the same year he was transferred to Somerset, he says doctors have been recommending that he undergo cataract surgery in his left eye since 2008. Read More. |
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