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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 743408" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I cannot comment on this in any medical sense but only anecdotally. I worked in prisons mostly reception centers over a period of 25 years in mental health/psychiatry. I would guess that 80 to 95 percent of the men (mostly men's prisons) entered jail/prison with some sort of substance abuse/dependency. The major part of the medical staff's responsibility is to monitor their withdrawal and to treat illnesses that have gone untreated as a cause of lifestyle.</p><p></p><p>Honestly. Prisons cannot be in the business of letting people die indiscriminately. If they do they will be beset by tremendous lawsuits like my own state, which was in Federal receivership for decades, as a cause of neglect. These prisoners have a constitutional right to healthcare commensurate to the population at large. They are dependents of the state and the state cannot neglect them, and if they do it is at the state's peril.</p><p></p><p>What I am trying to say is that withdrawal in prison is uncomfortable and difficult, but I did not hear of more than this. Even from the men. And that is with speaking to thousands. </p><p></p><p>Please do not think I am indifferent to suffering much less advocating for or justifying their suffering. What I am trying to do is to let you know that prisons in my state at least cannot be in the business of letting people suffer to the point of death or catastrophe. Because if they do the consequences are dire. There is a bottom line. Most people who enter prison are safer inside than they were out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 743408, member: 18958"] I cannot comment on this in any medical sense but only anecdotally. I worked in prisons mostly reception centers over a period of 25 years in mental health/psychiatry. I would guess that 80 to 95 percent of the men (mostly men's prisons) entered jail/prison with some sort of substance abuse/dependency. The major part of the medical staff's responsibility is to monitor their withdrawal and to treat illnesses that have gone untreated as a cause of lifestyle. Honestly. Prisons cannot be in the business of letting people die indiscriminately. If they do they will be beset by tremendous lawsuits like my own state, which was in Federal receivership for decades, as a cause of neglect. These prisoners have a constitutional right to healthcare commensurate to the population at large. They are dependents of the state and the state cannot neglect them, and if they do it is at the state's peril. What I am trying to say is that withdrawal in prison is uncomfortable and difficult, but I did not hear of more than this. Even from the men. And that is with speaking to thousands. Please do not think I am indifferent to suffering much less advocating for or justifying their suffering. What I am trying to do is to let you know that prisons in my state at least cannot be in the business of letting people suffer to the point of death or catastrophe. Because if they do the consequences are dire. There is a bottom line. Most people who enter prison are safer inside than they were out. [/QUOTE]
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