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VA: Doctor refused to treat woman while she is shackled

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA Shackles not what doctor ordered A Fredericksburg doctor this week refused to treat a handcuffed inmate Date published: 1/14/2009 BY JIM HALL When Dr. Declan Burke, a Fredericksburg obstetrician/gynecologist, walked into his exam room Monday, he discovered that his patient, a female jail inmate, was in handcuffs. "Please take off the manacles," he said to the correctional officer who was with the inmate. "No, I can't," the guard replied. Burke insisted, so the officer called her supervisor at the Rappahannock Regional Jail. The supervisor agreed with the officer. The handcuffs would remain in place during the exam. Burke said he wanted the handcuffs removed to examine the patient completely. It was the first time in 20 years that he has refused to treat a jail inmate...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).