WHY SHOULD THEY GET MEDICAL CARE/ free

Truegem · Nov 26, 2007

I think they should be entitled to certain things. But I can't stand when they act so entitled. And the waste of money when they are just arrested and they say they're sick, so the officer takes them to the ER and the problem was nothing. Sometimes they have to go twice. My pet peeve is when the were in an altercation and you ask if they lost consciousness and they say yes. The arresting officer says no he did not, but you have to go by the inmate's word just in case and it's such a waste of money because you know they are lying. And pregnant women who get arrested on purpose for free delivery.

RN.38SPCL · Nov 27, 2007

This is a loaded question....
Here is the question that has been asked since I have been working for corrections. What is your response to those who were annoyed about medical care for the IM.
Or those who get upset about there tax dollars paying for the free medical care. :angryfire
My response = Every one deserves medical care. If an infection broke out in the prison....... it would need to be extinguish with medical care / antibiotics before spread to the outside public.
What is your intelligent answers to this;).
Thanks, ssalicia

THEY GET THE MOST BASIC OF NEEDS MET ONLY. IT'S LIKE LION TAMERS, YOU HAVE TO FEED THEM, BUT YOU BETTER NOT STICK YOUR HAND THROUGH THE BARS.

LydiaNN · Nov 27, 2007

If you don't want to get involved in a debate over inmate rights, I'd just say, "I have nothing to do with making the rules. The job was available and it fit my needs."

StNeotser, ASN, RN · Nov 27, 2007

And pregnant women who get arrested on purpose for free delivery.

:confused: Er, is that a regular thing? Seriously? Sheesh, I'd rather spend my time in collections court than jail.

LydiaNN · Nov 27, 2007

I think they should be entitled to certain things. But I can't stand when they act so entitled. And the waste of money when they are just arrested and they say they're sick, so the officer takes them to the ER and the problem was nothing. Sometimes they have to go twice. My pet peeve is when the were in an altercation and you ask if they lost consciousness and they say yes. The arresting officer says no he did not, but you have to go by the inmate's word just in case and it's such a waste of money because you know they are lying. And pregnant women who get arrested on purpose for free delivery.

Why would they do that? They can go to a hospital and, if birth is imminent, be admitted or be transferred to a County facility. Either Emergency Medicaid would cover it or they'd be billed and just not pay it. Happens every day.

nancykday · Nov 28, 2007

Originally Posted by Truegem

And pregnant women who get arrested on purpose for free delivery

Er, is that a regular thing? Seriously? Sheesh, I'd rather spend my time in collections court than jail.

This happens all the time some of our parole violators have had 3 children since I've worked in corrections. Pregnancy = job security :monkeydance:

LydiaNN · Nov 28, 2007

How do you know that they're getting arrested just so their delivery is covered, though? I still don't understand what the advantage would be.

RN.38SPCL · Nov 28, 2007

How do you know that they're getting arrested just so their delivery is covered, though? I still don't understand what the advantage would be.

WE HAD A GIRL GET ARRESTED ON A WARRANT WHO WAS 81/2 MONTHS PREGNANT. PHOTOS OF HER OTHER KIDS CAME IN THE MAIL THAT SAME DAY. SHE SENT THEM TO HERSELF. SHE HAD ALSO ARRANGED FOR HER KIDS TO BE WATCHED BY HER MOTHER. IN HER MIND, SHE WOULD GET FREE PRENANTAL CARE AND CHILDBIRTH, AS WELL AS SPENDING AT LEAST ONE WEK OF HER 30 DAYS IN A HOSPITAL. WHEN THE JUDGE WAS NOTIFIED, HE GAVE HER A MEDICAL LEAVE WITH A DATE TO RETUEN AFTER THE BABY WAS BORN.

BBFRN, BSN, PhD · Nov 28, 2007

Originally Posted by Truegem
And pregnant women who get arrested on purpose for free delivery
This happens all the time some of our parole violators have had 3 children since I've worked in corrections. Pregnancy = job security :monkeydance:

It's true. When I worked in corrections, I had several pregnant women admit they got arrested on purpose. Some for the care, and some because they knew if they were incarcerated, they wouldn't be able to take drugs while pregnant.

LydiaNN · Nov 28, 2007

I'm sorry. I hope I didn't come off as doubting what was being said. I'm not an ER nurse, so I'd have no idea what goes on. I guess it is just difficult for me to fathom that anyone would elect incarceration, when in reality, there are other options. Not particularly attractive options in many cases, but to my way of thinking, still better than jail... Then again, my way of thinking isn't criminal in the first place. I guess that's the difference.

Blackcat99 · Nov 28, 2007

I use to work at a jail in West Virginia. At the jail, the rule was that any brand new inmates who came in complaining of chest pain were to be sent first to the ER for evaluation. The new inmates-usually the drunks :angryfirefound out about this rule and used it to their advantage. The police didn't want to spend all Saturday night waiting with an inmate at the ER. My friend whose husband was a cop told me that some police officers would release them immediately so they wouldn't have to spend their whole shift waiting in the ER with the inmate.