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| Corrections Union Wants Hearings Into N.Y. Jail's Medical Care |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 07/29/2002 |
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The union representing 1,100 correction officers at the Nassau County Jail on July 17 called for legislative hearings into medical care given to inmates at the Long Island lockup. The request follows a July 9 letter from the State Commission of Correction that ordered the facility's medical infirmary closed because deficiencies cited during a number of state inspections were not improved. The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, stated that during a March 26 inspection the jail was ordered to increase medical staff; improve environmental health and safety, including infection control and furnishings for handicapped patients; provide a comprehensive procedure manual; improve medical records; and improve security supervision at the jail ward. A follow-up inspection June 26-28 revealed no improvements had been made, the letter said. ''The inmates are not being seen for sick call,'' said Michael Adams, president of the president of the Sheriff Officers Association, the union for Nassau County correction officers. ''There are hazards such as the sharps and biohazard material not being cared for.'' He said he wants the Nassau County Legislature to hold hearings that would ''fully disclose everything that's going on in the medical department here.'' |
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