The Appeal
The Appeal
The Appeal
Episode 20: Neglect and Abuse in Our Prison Healthcare System
19 minutes Posted Nov 1, 2018 at 10:00 am.
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Most people know that the healthcare situation in the United States is one of most precarious in the world, but what’s never talked about is the status of healthcare for America’s 2.2 million incarcerated persons––which is lightyears worse. One prison in particular, Angola in Louisiana, rates at the very bottom of even this group, with mortality rates almost double the national average for prisons. Our guest, Mercedes Montagnes of the Promise of Justice Initiative, is a lawyer helping people incarcerated at Angola sue the state for alleged abuse, neglect and injury.