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| Inmate room at hospital causes controversy |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/01/2005 |
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A special room being built at Eleanor Slater Hospital in Rhode Island to treat criminals is causing controversy -- from nurses who believe they'll be in danger to questions over how the room was approved. Plans call for the room to be locked, have a prison-style door and window grates. It would fit up to four inmates at a time, a change from the usual practice of one inmate per room. Nurses say they're afraid of having inmates grouped in one room, though they'd be watched by up to two prison officers. The director of the state Department of Corrections says the room saves money, and nurses will be safe. Kathleen Spangler is the acting director of the state Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals. She tells The Providence Journal she authorized the renovations without consulting nurses and doctors. |
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