Proving A Jail’s Unconstitutional “Pattern or Practice”
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 18, Number 06, March/April 2017 , pp.85-86(2)
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Abstract:
The perennial favorite of deliberate indifference is claimed in the Cook County jail’s treatment of a pretrial detainee’s broken arm. He alleges a pattern of consistent delay in seeing health care providers, inadequate and difficult to access records, scheduling debacles, prescription chaos, and on. Familiar?Keywords: Daniel v. Cook Co.; unconstitutional care; deficiencies and failure to take reasonable corrective action
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