joeslilbaby
12-19-2003, 01:36 AM
I am in the process of creating a packett for my guy - to present to board, and voting members in his case.
gathering records, and lack there of -medical attention while in prison- could these things help?
What can I do to obtain thease kinds of records if the are benificial to him being granted release?
CenTexLyn
12-19-2003, 07:25 AM
Certainly it could be worth mentioning. You might also want to figure out the approximate costs of meds that were being used to treat him...if the offense is not too bad, then sometimes the dollars ance cents argument can be persuasive (but, it does depend entirely on the case and which panel is voting). I had a case cross my desk at one point where the State was probably spending upwards of $20K a week on him because of some very specialized medicines...my input was that it was better to let some other entity foot that bill and let the State look to fill the cell with someone that could be housed much more cheaply. The criminal history was not overly lengthy nor indicative of violent behavior, so there was not a substantial threat to public safety posed by the decision.
joeslilbaby
12-19-2003, 05:52 PM
Thank you for your reply, now I have another question.
I figured coast would be probablly the main reason to mention this because , well, I don't need to get into it, you understand....
But what about healthwise? Do you think that they would care about it from this point?
My guy needs to be tested for diabetees-I can't spell- if he is not soon and does infact have this disease, A number of things could happen. heart attacks, blood clotts, without propper treatment, I could loose him forever.
He wrote me a letter saying after he drank a Dr.Pepper he could see for almose 5 whole minutes!!!
I am very concerned about this, it scare the sh*t out of me. Would they care if I told them about this, or would it be benificial to us and our case atall?
CenTexLyn
12-19-2003, 09:52 PM
There may be a little attention given to specific conditions in the review, but to tell you the truth, there are a significant percentage of inmates with what could be defined as "garden variety" health issues in the grand scope of things...diabetes is unfortunately in that category as are both Hep B and Hep C.
Diabetes was one of the few conditions that I did see most medical personnel paying attention to but the biggest problem that I saw was the reluctance of a lot of inmates to comply with the finger sticks or willingness to comply with the special diets.
On conditions such as this, the Board is also going to be interested in what is in the works to ensure compliance with established medical protocols if he is released. After all, it is one thing to consider medical conditions, but if the releasee is not going to go see a doctor after release, then it removes medical considerations from the release equation. You might want to work on getting a copy of his records to your local physician so that you can get a letter that outlines what is referred to as "continuity of care."