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Vt. Prison Health Care Questioned by Guards

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Vt. Prison Health Care Questioned Montpelier, Vermont - August 27, 2009 Vermont's state employees union claims the Corrections Department is providing inadequate training and care for mentally ill prisoners. Prison officials say the facts prove otherwise. The state employees union told a legislative committee that its union member corrections officers had observed many instances of improper care for mentally ill inmates in prisons. The union claims inadequately trained corrections officers too often are left alone to deal with mental health emergencies because the private-contracted mental health experts are unavailable. "If this occurs off hours or on weekends an inmate can wait up to 24 hours or more before they receive services," said Taryn Moran of the Vt...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 28, 2009 (boomark / email).