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Pleas for Medical Attention Ignored
Pleas For Medical Attention Ignored
By Adrian Lomax
[Editorial Note :While medical neglect by our captors is nothing new, we are printing this piece because of the commonness of the events described, not because it is "news " to those of us on the inside .]
On the evening of …
By Adrian Lomax
[Editorial Note :While medical neglect by our captors is nothing new, we are printing this piece because of the commonness of the events described, not because it is "news " to those of us on the inside .]
On the evening of …
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- Pelican Bay Conditions Suit Filed
- Crime Rates Continue Upward Climb, by Ed Mead
- Trafficking in Children Condemned
- Gay/Lesbian Prisoner Anthology Seeks Submissions
- Hand Me Downs, by Dan Pens
- Looking Back, Learning Lessons, PLN's Early Days, by Ed Mead
- Control Units: Isolation in 1992, by NJ AFSC
- Home Release Status Revoked for Exercising Right to Silence, by Adrian Lomax
- Amnesty International Condemns Abuse of Women Cons
- Pleas for Medical Attention Ignored, by Adrian Lomax
- Publications to Read, by Ed Mead
- Prison Officials Assault Public Records Law, by Adrian Lomax
- Prisoner Litigant and Prison Law Library Secondary Resource List, by Robert Pierce
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- Washington Lifers Prevail in District Court, by John Midgley
- Washington's Prisons to Reach 10,000
- Beating Violates Eighth Amendment
- South Africa Suspends Executions
- Suit Filed Over Telephone Services
More from Adrian Lomax:
- Prison Jobs and Free World Unemployment, May 15, 1998
- Stunning Revelations, Feb. 15, 1997
- Prison Labor and Private Profit, Nov. 15, 1996
- Old Friends Only, Nov. 15, 1995
- Police, Death and Inquests, Aug. 15, 1995
- Prison TV: Aid and Comfort to the Enemy, June 15, 1995
- Tommy's Jobs Program, May 15, 1995
- A Bunch of Scumbags, Dec. 15, 1993
- Report from the Hole, Nov. 15, 1993
- Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against Attorney Fees, March 15, 1993
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- New Commission to Investigate Death and Abuse of 230 Black Children at Segregated Maryland Reformatory, Sept. 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Prison Labor, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons.
- Isolation and Medical Neglect at Illinois’ Joliet Treatment Center Drive Prisoners to Set Fatal Fires, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Security Systems, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
- $3 Million Paid by San Diego County for Diabetic Detainee’s Jail Death; NaphCare Settles Separately for Undisclosed Amount, Sept. 1, 2026. Naphcare, Diabetes, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
- Ohio Finds Guards and Medical Staff Failed to Render Life-Saving CPR to Detainee, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Failure to Train/Supervise, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
- Hawai‘i Pays $600,000 for Prisoner’s Withdrawal Death, Sept. 1, 2026. Medication, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
- $4.5 Million Paid by Cook County for Detainee Suicide in Chicago Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Administrative Detention/Segregation, Deliberate Indifference.
- Three Detainees Die in Four Days at the Tarrant County Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Jail Misconduct, Statistics/Trends, Wrongful Death, Compassionate Release.
- Death of Seattle Detainee—Jailed Despite Not Being “Grounded in Reality”—Costs King County $3.5 Million Settlement, Aug. 1, 2026. Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Monell Liability.
- $10.19 Million Paid for Retired California Prison Guard’s Death in Colorado Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Stun Guns/Tasers, Failure to Train/Supervise, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.

