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Billing Prisoners for Medical Care Blocks Access
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1995
by Kara Chayriques
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1995, page 8
by Mark Lopez and Kara Chayriques
Filed under:
Medical,
Medical Expenses,
Eighth Amendment,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
Location:
United States of America.
In 1976, the Supreme Court established in Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97 (1976), that the government has an obligation to provide medical care for prisoners. This fundamental premise has been upheld in subsequent cases and establishes a prison's obligation to provide for prisoners' …
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