A federal judge released a doctor’s report today on health care at Idaho’s oldest and largest prison. Dr. Marc Stern wrote the study. Stern “found serious problems with the delivery of medical and mental health care” at the Idaho State Correctional Institution. Stern believes that “authorities are deliberately indifferent to the serious health care needs” of the inmates.
The Idaho Department of Correction responded with a written statement. “While a few of the allegations raised in the report sent to the court report may be well-founded but unfortunate anomalies, most of them have been or are being addressed.”
The original case started thirty years ago when inmates at the prison said they were denied adequate security, food, clothing, and health care. They say medical treatment still falls short. Judge Lynn Winmill unsealed the report in an effort to close this longstanding case.
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