An inmate whose HIV-positive diagnosis devolved into AIDS died because the medical staff at the jail where he was housed denied him lifesaving medication, a new federal wrongful death lawsuit alleges.

An inmate whose HIV-positive diagnosis devolved into AIDS died because the medical staff at the California jail where he was housed denied him lifesaving medication even though they had his prescription and were told he needed it to survive, a new federal wrongful death lawsuit alleges

  • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Privatising penal and detention services is so bizarre. Does this happen a lot all over the world or just the US?

    As an aside for people who may not realise, HIV isn’t a big deal provided that you manage it with meds. I’d rather have HIV than say, back problems.

    Due to recent advances in medication delivery, it’s just 2 injections a year now.

    For someone’s health to deteriorate like that in just 2 months, I suspect that he wasn’t able to keep up with his meds before he was arrested.

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
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      6 months ago

      It’s basically just the anglosphere

      in 2013, countries that were currently using private prisons or in the process of implementing such plans included Brazil, Chile, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, South Korea and Thailand. However, at the time, the sector was still dominated by the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison

      That is 10 years out of date, so more are probably in on it because capitalism is fucked like that.