Medical Care In Prison
This collection contains audio and print materials related to health and medical care in prison.
Documents
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![HIV and Aids in prison](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: PM 280Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On the OutsideCollection: Medical Care In Prison
Judy Greenspan of the HIV/AIDS in Prison Project discusses the state of medical care in prisons as well as the Shumate v. Wilson class action lawsuit filed in April 1995 to address this inadequate care. An interview with Jean Stewart of the Disabled Prisoners Justice Fund also highlights the case.
![Medical Neglect](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1995Call Number: PM 302Format: Cass A & BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: Prison Activist RadioCollection: Medical Care In Prison
Prison Activist Radio discuss the battle for medical care and healthcare rights for prisoners. Judy Greenspan, director of HIV/AIDS in Prison Project and member of California Coalition for Women Prisoners, speaks about the lack of women's healthcare in prisons, the serious medical conditions that men and women prisoners enter the system with, and the hostility of doctors, officials, and guards towards prisoners. She also discusses prisoner-activist Joanne Walker and the effective campaign for HIV/AIDS care and medical rights. Jean Stewart, from the Disabled Prisoner's Justice Fund and ADAPT discusses the abuses suffered by prisoners with disabilities. She also discusses health care issues, including the Armstrong and Shumate cases. Stewart states that the biggest problem with medical justice is the public's ignorance of people with disabilites.
![Tuberculosis & prisons](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 11/6/1995Call Number: PM 346AFormat: Cass AProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On the OutsideCollection: Medical Care In Prison
Juliet Trainer, from Rx Justice, speaks about the TB epidemic occurring in prisons. Mass imprisonment spreads the disease. Infectious cases are not handled well inside; Department of Health cut back on Health Delivery Systems on March 1, 1995, even though prisons are the only place in the US where healthcare is constitutionally mandated. The health of people on the outside depends on people on the inside receiving care, especially with TB.
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