Below is just one more example of Corizon's deliberate indifference to the pain and suffering of patients in the AZ Department of Corrections. They are paid handsomely to perpetrate their neglect on state prisoners at great cost to all of us, thanks to legislators like John Kavanagh who insisted that privatizing medical care in the prisons would save taxpayers money - seems to me that so far all they've done has been to steal from us, instead.
As for this kid doing 5 years for possession - shame on all you judges locking addicts away thinking they will
get any treatment or assistance with their addiction whatsoever in
prison. As you can see, they can hardly get the basic medical care they
need - only 4% a year get any kind of substance abuse treatment, period.
Most will just be bringing home Hep C and a new heroin addiction to show for their time away. This kid is lucky to be making it home at all...
Thanks to News 4 Tucson for digging into this. Stay tuned for more exposes in the weeks to come, as more and more of
Corizon employees refuse to participate in their profit-driven machine
at the expense of their patients, like Michael Levy.
Community resource for those monitoring abuses of prisoners across the criminal justice system, and for those subject to or surviving state violence, neglect and abuse.
For Kini Seawright, and all the other women who bury a loved one due to police or prison violence...
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Corizon's, ASPC-Tucson, and the disabling of Michael Levy.
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