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Arizona DOC Faces Lawsuit Over Inadequate Medical Care
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2012
by Joe Watson
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2012, page 34
There are cuts to health care and there are health care cuts. At least one Arizona prisoner has personal knowledge of the unfortunate difference.
Filed under:
Wexford Health Services,
Medication,
Seizures,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Cancer,
Private Contractors,
Vision,
Diabetes,
Conditions of Confinement,
Staffing,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
Suicides.
Location:
Arizona.
Prisoners and their advocates have accused the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) of being so obsessed with reducing costs that prison officials routinely deny medical care …
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