tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5408675064505046328..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Feds sue over Dallas jail healthcare: 'If people treated animals this way, they would be prosecuted'Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73661796233095182762009-12-01T13:22:44.325-06:002009-12-01T13:22:44.325-06:00Parkland Hospital is not any better. My friend ha...Parkland Hospital is not any better. My friend has been in the West Tower at Lew Sterrett for four months now, and has been denied his psych meds the entire time. Without any type of assessment they say he isn't bi-polar. He was diagnosed when he was 12 years old. It makes me so angry. I have filed a complaint with the board of medical examiners, and with Parkland Hospital. I haven't heard anything back, nor has the situation improved. (Big suiprise)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15521563581999093992009-09-13T18:19:58.865-05:002009-09-13T18:19:58.865-05:00I was in the Dallas County jail for 10 hours. I h...I was in the Dallas County jail for 10 hours. I have told them about all the health problems that I had and was told that because I was an out of county resident that I was not entitled to any health care. I was asked to sign a release of liability which I refused to do so. I knew that that signing such a thing would not make them liable. This is the reason why Dallas County gets sued so much. My health is important to me and this is no a third world country. Dallas County needs to get into the 21st Century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31796805454120933072008-06-03T14:57:00.000-05:002008-06-03T14:57:00.000-05:00I need info on who to contact to sue the dallas sh...I need info on who to contact to sue the dallas sheriffs dept for withholding my mental medication while i was in their lovely facility . I am a decorated honorably discharged veteran , and feel their treatment was cruel and unsual . I treat my dog better than I was treated .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82452603608164771282007-09-23T22:28:00.000-05:002007-09-23T22:28:00.000-05:00What makes this all even worse - if that's possibl...What makes this all even worse - if that's possible - is that many people held in Dallas jails are eventually found innocent of any crime. But they have to wait an average of 90 to 120 days for any sort of hearing. <BR/><BR/>Plus, our fair state's grand jury system makes it easy to indict just about anyone. (If anyone doesn't know how a grand jury functions, I suggest you Google it.)<BR/><BR/>As much as it pains me to admit this, I am now officially ashamed to be a Texan.Melinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09326040688415529408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17654713306400265902007-09-18T06:18:00.000-05:002007-09-18T06:18:00.000-05:00EMT, Nurse, Physician witnesses to egregious medic...EMT, Nurse, Physician witnesses to egregious medical abuse at Bell County Jail seek help getting inmate released to try to heal. We do not trust UTMB and the Texan County jail system to give her minimal care she needs. She almost died in custody and is permanently disabled with severe chronic physical pain and suffering. Please help bring this case to the attention of the feds - please email me the contact information of the correct US attorney - as we have gotten only denials from Texas-level authorities despite medical proof and witnesses. love_gives_strength@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85459422347092762252007-09-16T15:35:00.000-05:002007-09-16T15:35:00.000-05:00I'm hoping they decide to sue UTMB/TYC for the sho...I'm hoping they decide to sue UTMB/TYC for the shoddy health care provisions of UTMB. Rainer's self-serving testimony before the joint committee was sickening - pun intended! Old SaltyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57605825781845844552007-09-16T13:05:00.000-05:002007-09-16T13:05:00.000-05:00They need reform in all the Justice System. Its br...They need reform in all the Justice System. Its broken. Inmates are dying in TDC from TB. Who checks on this. The families that visit get to bring it home to all. MRSA is an epidemic in TDC. Why do they not fix some of the medical problems along with the Justice System. I don't think they care enough to try. Let it be a stray dog or cat and it would make the Top Story for news. Don't let them find a dog on a chain but its okay to put a human in a cell and throw away the key. Whats wrong with these people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27036976010776068632007-09-14T19:59:00.000-05:002007-09-14T19:59:00.000-05:00It's a never ending cycle. Twenty years from now, ...It's a never ending cycle. Twenty years from now, like twenty years ago, they'll be suing for the same reforms. The band-aid will be put on and it'll eventually fall off. The wound will never heal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24684032631984235262007-09-14T18:41:00.000-05:002007-09-14T18:41:00.000-05:00The feds don't sue jails for money, they sue to fo...The feds don't sue jails for money, they sue to force reforms, which in this case IMO are needed.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-47879253797439557532007-09-14T18:33:00.000-05:002007-09-14T18:33:00.000-05:00Federal government suing Texas state government, b...Federal government suing Texas state government, big freaking deal! If any money is paid out, where do you think they will get this money? The money will come from the tax payers of Texas. So what does the Texas state government care, it's not their money coming out of their pockets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-39332433808527200342007-09-14T17:27:00.000-05:002007-09-14T17:27:00.000-05:00I agree no one will be prosecuted, but there's a g...I agree no one will be prosecuted, but there's a good chance (based on what happened when the feds sued in California) that if the feds win they'll require dramatic improvements and simply require the county to pay. As far as bang for the buck, I wish the feds would intervene with the state prison system, but I guess everybody deals with one catastrophe at a time, and this one, no doubt, is ripe.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40248033799903285442007-09-14T16:56:00.000-05:002007-09-14T16:56:00.000-05:00gritsforbreakfast said:The only thing I find puzzl...gritsforbreakfast said:<BR/><BR/>The only thing I find puzzling is why it took the feds this long to sue?<BR/><BR/>'If people treated animals this way, they would be prosecuted'<BR/><BR/><BR/>No one will be prosecuted and no one will do any prison time. The government could care less about its citizens. The government was clumsy, bumbling fools when it came to helping citizens in New Orleans. Two years later, the government is still clumsy, bumbling fools. The FBI has enough problems of their own, starting at the very top. How do you expect the FBI to help American's, when they can't even manage themselves?<BR/><BR/>American's need to understand that the government isn't our parents and they could careless about anyone of us, that is until we stopped paying taxes to them, then we would be noticed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88137570216969615792007-09-14T15:53:00.000-05:002007-09-14T15:53:00.000-05:00May I be the first to suggest jailing the offender...May I be the first to suggest jailing the offenders? And not just a hour a night, but the longest term allowable by law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com