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| Doctor implicated in inmate death |
| By The Saratogian |
| Published: 01/31/2005 |
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A state oversight board says the former medical director at the Saratoga County (N.Y.) Jail is 'directly implicated' in the May 8, 2004, suicide of inmate James Pecor, 25, of Mechanicville, for cutting his dosage of anti-depressants. The report from the state Commission of Correction also said the doctor, Russell Peacock, as a common practice 'negligently ordered medications for inmates without any physical assessment,' and it recommended disciplinary action before the state Department of Health. Peacock retired in October of his own accord from the part-time job while the commission's investigation was under way. 'After 34 years and at my age, I thought it was time,' Peacock said from his home in Greenfield. He declined to discuss the report, saying he had not seen it yet. The report, a routine process after a prison death, was dated Jan. 11. It was received last Monday by The Saratogian in response to a request under the state Freedom of Information Law. 'They raked him for this,' Sheriff James. D. Bowen said last Monday. 'Dr. Peacock was the doctor here for over 30 years. He did a good job for us.' The inmate, Pecor, had been charged with domestic violence. According to the report, Peacock cut the dosages of anti-depressant medication Pecor received while an inmate in the month before his death. 'Dr. Peacock willfully withheld Pecor's appropriate treatment,' the report said. 'Dr. Peacock also negligently ordered medications for inmates without any physical assessment, which commission investigators found to be common practice for Dr. Peacock. These same negligent practices repeated themselves in each of Pecor's incarcerations. This gross negligence and incompetence on the part of Dr. Peacock was directly implicated in Mr. Pecor's death.' The report also said that Pecor was treating himself with another inmate's anti-depressant medication and wasn't taking his own. Commission investigators said Peacock should have consulted with the facility's psychiatrist before changing Pecor's dosage. Bowen defended Peacock, saying the doctor had the right under state corrections law to change inmate prescriptions. |
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