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</font><font size=4>SAVING JAMIE SCOTT, VICTIM OF PRISON HEALTH
CARE<br><br>
After being convicted on questionable evidence, Jamie Scott and her
sister Gladys received two consecutive life sentences apiece for a 1993
armed robbery in which no one was hurt and the take was $11. As
<a href="http://solitarywatch.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/for-jamie-scott-an-11-robbery-in-mississippi-may-carry-a-death-sentence/">
we wrote back in March</a>, this unwarranted life sentence is at risk of
becoming a death sentence for Jamie Scott, who is gravely ill, due to the
care she is receiving at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF)
in Pearl. Since we first covered the story, Jamie's condition has, if
anything, grown still more critical.<br><br>
Now 38, Jamie has been diagnosed with end-stage renal disease, and
requires dialysis to stay alive. Rather than let her leave for dialysis,
the prison brought in a machine that according to Jamie broke down
periodically. She has had one complication after another, including
multiple infections at the site of her dialysis shunt. She has been
rushed to the hospital several times, only to be promptly returned to
prison the moment her condition is deemed "stabilized."
According to her mother, Evelyn Rasco, Jamie's most recent hospital visit
took place when her veins collapsed and she was unable to walk. This
time, according to Rasco, the doctor at the hospital said he refused to
allow his patient to go back to prison because she would surely die
there. But the Mississippi Department of Corrections had its way, and
back she went.<br><br>
In the following letter, written a few weeks ago, Jamie Scott says,
"I have witness many inmates die at the hands of this second rate
medical care. I do not want to be one of them." The letter was
provided to Solitary Watch by
<a href="http://nancylockhart.blogspot.com/">Nancy Lockhart,</a> a
paralegal who works with the wrongfully convicted, and has been
advocating for Scott for some time.<br><br>
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<dd>The living condition in quickbed area is not fit for any human to
live in. I have been incarcerated for 15 years 6 months now and this is
the worst I have ever experience. When it rain out side it rain inside.
The zone flood like a river. The rain comes down on our heads and we have
to try to get sheets and blankets to try to stop it from wetting our beds
and personnel property. Because the floors are concrete and it have paint
on it, it makes it very slippery when it rain and there have been
numerous of inmates that have broke their arms and hurt there self do to
this.<br><br>
<dd>Above our heads there are rows and rows of spiders as if we live in
the jungle. There are inmates that have holds in there bodies left from
spider bites, because once they are bitten it take forever to get to the
clinic for any help. There are mold in the bathroom ceiling and around
the walls and toilets. The toilets leak sewage from under them and they
have the inmate men to come in and patch them up occasionally. The smell
is awful. The showers are two circular poles with five shower heads on
each pole. The floor in the shower is also concrete and slippery. There
is nothing to hold on to when you exit the shower so there have been many
inmates that have hurt there self in the process. Outside the building
there is debirs where the unit is falling apart.<br><br>
<dd>Each day we are force to live in these conditions. The staph
infection is so high and we are force to wave in toilet and sewage water
when we have to go to the bathroom. I have witness many inmates die at
the hands of this second rate medical care. I do not want to be one of
them.<br><br>
<dd>When this is brought to the health department or anyone attention.
The MDOC tries to get the inmate to try to pamper it up so if someone
comes in it want look as bad as the inmates said it did. I am fully aware
that we are in prison, but no one should have to live in such harsh
condition. I am paranoid of catching anything because of what I have been
going throw with my medical condition.<br><br>
<dd>We are living in these harsh conditions, but if you go to the
administration offices, they are nice and clean and smell nice because
they make sure the inmates clean their offices each day. They tell us to
clean the walls. Cleaning the walls will not help anything. Cleaning the
walls will not stop the rain from pouring in. it will not stop the mold
from growing inside the walls and around us. It will not stop the spiders
from mating.<br><br>
<dd>They have 116 inmates on each wing, and we live not five feet from
each other in order to pack us in. We have the blowers on the ceiling and
if the inmates are acting crazy or the staff come in mad they use the
blowers as a form of punishment. The taxes payers really are lead to
believe we are been rehabilitated. That is a joke. All we do is sit in
this infected unit and build up more hate. Rehabilitated starts within
you. If you want to change you will change.<br><br>
<dd>One thing about MDOC, they know how to fix the paper work up to make
it seen as if they are doing their job. You can get more drugs and
anything else right here. I have witness a lot in my time here.<br><br>
<dd>Do I sound angry, I am not I am hurt and sick. Because they have
allowed my kidney to progress to stage five which been the highest. They
told me years ago I had protein in my urine, but I went years without any
help. Now, it seen the eyes are on me because my family are on their
case. Every inmate is not without family. Yes, you do have many inmates
that family have giving up on, but my sister and I are not them.<br><br>
<dd>I do not want special attention, I want to treat, and to live how the
state says on paper we are living. The same way when it is time for the
big inspection we are promised certain food if we please clean up to pass
this inspection. So I beg of anyone to please understand Mississippi
Department of Correction is a joke. They will let you die or even kill
yourself. We are told when visitors come into the prison do not talk to
them. Well I have the right to talk to anyone and if the health
department or anyone comes I will talk to him or her, because this is my
life and I should or anyone else should be force to live like
this.<br><br>
<dd>They use unlawful punishments to try to shut us up. I need help. I
need a inmate to help me, but for some reason they will not allow me to
move with my sister, so she can help me. There are mother and daughter,
aunties, and nieces housed together and also there are a total of 12
inmates acting as orally for others inmates. I have all the names of the
inmates acting as a orally if need to be giving. However, the subject of
my sister is been danced around. A form of discrimination. My sister
[Gladys Scott] and I were housed together for over ten years and not once
have we ever caused any problem. We were split up because in 2003 the
Commissioner came with the order to separate all family members. Because
its payback because my family is holding them accountable to do what they
are paid to do. Also, do to the fact Mr. [Rip] Daniels on It’s a New Day
[<a href="http://www.itisanewday.com/">talk radio show</a>] &
Grassroots are keeping the supports inform that is been pointed out to me
in a negative way.<br><br>
<dd>Now that I am sitting everyday because of my sickness I have time to
use my typewriter. MDOC have gotten away with to much. In addition, some
of the things that go on here I truly believe that Mr. Epps [Commissioner
of the Mississippi Department of Corrections] do not know.<br><br>
</dl>More information on grassroots efforts around Jamie Scott's case,
including a current letter-writing campaign to get her better care, can
be found at <a href="http://www.freethescottsisters.blogspot.com/">Free
the Scott Sisters</a>. <br>
</i><font size=3>PLEASE FORWARD THIS ARTICLE TO MEDIA OUTLETS!!!<br>
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</font><font size=4>Please continue to advocate on behalf of Jamie and
Gladys Scott, their children and families need for them to return home
alive, the time is NOW!<br><br>
</b></font><font size=3>Attorney General Eric Holder<br>
</font><font size=4>U.S. Department of Justice<br>
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br>
Washington, DC 20530-0001<br>
HOTLINE: 202-353-1555<br>
PHONE: 202-514-2000<br>
202-307-6777 fax<br>
<a href="http://us.mc375.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=askdoj@usdoj.gov&subject=USDOJ%20Comments">
AskDOJ@usdoj.gov</a><br><br>
Christopher Epps<br>
601-359-5600<br>
<a href="http://us.mc375.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=CEPPS@mdoc.state.ms.us">
CEPPS@mdoc.state.ms.us</a><br>
723 North President Street<br>
Jackson, MS 39202<br><br>
Governor Haley Barbour<br>
P.O. Box 139<br>
Jackson, Mississippi 39205<br>
1-877-405-0733 or 601-359-3150<br>
Fax: 601-359-3741<br>
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Free the Scott Sisters Flyer:
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Legal Transcripts:
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/21748820/Scott-transcript</a><br><br>
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