TDCJ medical neglect
 

Reminder: Chad Bennett TDCJ # Wynne Unit Huntsville,
Texas


Guys, this alert is for our friend and colleague
Brenda Bennett's son, but so far Brenda and Shirley
are the only ones who seem to have written on his
behalf. Chad suffers from several mental and physical
illnesses which make his life painful and frightening.
He's not getting any treatment for these. Let's help.

Thanks, Phillipa

JEFF DICKS MEDICAL COALITION

URGENT ALERT

Date of alert: 27th June 2002

Expiry date of alert: 26th July 2002

Contacts for alert:

Phillipa Chantry & Brenda Bennett
Jeff Dicks Medical Coalition
PO Box 343
Beechgrove, TN 37018
/ Issues: Medical neglect of Texas inmate, inhumane
punishment

Background:

Chad Ray Bennett # age 28, is an inmate at the
Wynne Unit in Huntsville, Texas. He has served six
years of a seven year sentence. Throughout this
entire period, Chad's family informs us, he has gone
without adequate medical treatment or had any special
arrangements made for the following medical
conditions:

· Bipolar Disorder (a serious mental illness);
· SHU Syndrome (a mental illness resulting from the
extreme isolation and sensory deprivation of maximum
security prison housing units);
· Lyme Disease (a disease caused by bacterial
infection that is easily treatable in the earlier
stages, but more serious in advanced cases where
adequate treatment has not been provided, as is the
case with Chad);
· Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar requiring monitoring
of glucose levels and careful attention to diet);
· Back injury and
· Asthma.

Chad's family and their family doctor have contacted
prison officials repeatedly over the past six years
requesting that he receive medical attention. So far,
however, there has been no meaningful response.

ACTION:

1) Contact some or all of the officials listed below:

· Expressing concern that inmate Chad Ray Bennett
# has been denied medical treatment and TDCJ
is guilty of medical neglect for his
severe mental illnesses caused by TDCJ as Dr. Terry Kupers diagnoised from TDCJ's medical malpractice, Lyme Disease, hypoglycemia,
back injury and asthma for a period of six years
despite repeated requests for assistance from the
inmate himself, his family, and the family doctor;
· Urging that Chad be provided with medical treatment
for the above conditions as a matter of urgency. This
treatment should involve not only prison medical staff
(who have ignored requests for help), but appropriate
external specialists in order to ascertain and treat
the effects of six years of medical neglect. All
medication and special dietary or other arrangements
recommended should be provided to Chad promptly,
reliably and free of charge;
· Urging a review of prison health services and
policies to establish why this medical neglect has
continued for so long, whether any other inmates are
experiencing similar problems in accessing treatment,
and ensuring that such lapses do not reoccur;
· Urging a review of conditions of confinement so that
they meet the special needs of the large numbers of
inmates with mental illness. Such inmates will behave
better and be less likely to reoffend if they are
given access to professional assessment, treatment and
counselling and are not placed in harsher prison
conditions such as solitary confinement;
· Asking to be updated on Chad's condition;
· Thanking the official for their time.


2) Send copies of your letters and any replies
received to Phillipa and Brenda at the Jeff Dicks
Medical Coalition.

3) Send Chad a nice card or letter to let him know
that people care about him.

4) Post this urgent alert (CC to Phillipa and Brenda)
to anyone else you think might be interested in
writing letters.

5) Visit our website at www.jeffdicks.org and
consider whether you would like to become more
involved in our work for inmates suffering from
medical neglect. It doesn't matter what state or
country you live in.

6) Print out copies of our latest newsletter from the
website and send them to your inmate contacts. Give
them our address in case they need help with medical
neglect.

7) Consider sending us a donation of cash, US stamps
or stationery to: P.O. Box 55 Fate, Texas 75040.


Contact Details:

Mr Joe Fernald
Senior Warden
Wynne Unit
Huntsville, TX 77349
Ph. 936 295 9126

Mr Jimmy Alford
Regional Director
Region I
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
1225 Ave G
Huntsville, TX 77340
Ph. 936 437 1770
Fax: 936 437 1988

Ms Priscilla Daly
Assistant Regional Director
Region I
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
1225 Ave G
Huntsville, TX 77340
Ph. 936 437 1770
Fax: 936 437 1988

Robin Robinson
Assistant Regional Director
Region I
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
1225 Ave G
Huntsville, TX 77340
Ph. 936 437 1770
Fax: 936 437 1988

The Director
Health Services Division
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
PO Box 99
Huntsville, TX 77342-0099
Ph. 936 437 4271

Mr Gary L. Johnson
Executive Director
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
PO Box 99
Huntsville, TX 77342-0099
Ph. 936 295 6371

Mr Chad Ray Bennett
# 790798
Wynne Unit
Huntsville, TX 77349

Phillipa Chantry & Brenda Bennett
Jeff Dicks Medical Coalition
PO Box 343
Beechgrove, TN 37018

Chad's dad and brother also have Lyme Disease and presently, Matthew Chip Bennett is in ICU at Mesquite Medical Hospital at: 972-698-2020 and Larry Bennett is at Baylor ICU in Dallas Texas. This is only one of the problems that Lyme Disease causes and this part of the family is being medically treated... I fear what the Lyme is doing to my son, Chad Bennett TDCJ # 790798, in Texas prison and what will happen to him from this medical neglect.

Thank you for your help with this appeal.
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Sharing by: Brenda Pitts bennett
www.crusaderadio.com click on Broadcast...then on any day from Monday thru Thursdsy...then on 5:00 P.M. (Ca. time) Brenda Bennett's Texas For Justice
This medical neglect is told daily on this radio show and many other host friends in the business and we will continue until this medical abuses is stopped on inmates.
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I ASK ALL RECIEVING THIS TO PLEASE WRITE THESE E MAIL ADDRESSES BELOW IN CONCERN FOR MY SON, CHAD BENNETT? THANK YOU!

E-mail: kenneth.armbrister@senate.state.tx.us

Senator David Benson: david.bernsen@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Jeff Wentworth: jeff.wentworth@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Mike Jackson: mike.jackson@senate.state.tx.us

*Senator Arlene Wohlgemuth: arlene.wohlgemuth@house.state.tx.us

Senator Robert Duncan: robert.duncan@senate.state.tx.us

*Senator Rodney Ellis: rodney.ellis@senate.state.tx.us

*Senator Royse West: royce.west@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Chris Dodd: senator@dodd.senate.gov

*Senator Chris Harris
(His priority is caring for sickness of inmates )
chris.harris@senate.state.tx.us

Senator Terri Hodges: terri.hodge@house.state.tx.us


Governor Rick Perry:
Fax #, 512-936-6700 and 512-344-4602

T.D.C.J. CONTACTS

Warden of Wynne Unit fax #936-291-4696

TDCJ Director Gary Johnson: exec.director@tdcj.state.tx.us

TDCJ Health Services: health.services@tdcj.state.tx.us

TDCJ Office of Onbudsman: inst.div@tdcj.state.tx.us
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LYME INFO
Lyme Misdiagnosed as: http://www.geocities.com/lymeart3/ly...gnosed-as.html

IGeneX Lab: http://www.igenex.com/ ( One of the "FEW" labs medically trained to test for Lyme Disease)

pretty good list for "new" Lymies to research on the internet:
Dr. Joseph Burrascano Treatment Guidelines 2000: http://library.lymenet.org/

Symptoms Information: http://cassia.org/essay.htm http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/005804.html

Lyme Disease Audio Network: http://www.lymediseaseaudio.com/

Cheryl’s Lyme Site: http://www.aero-vision.com/~cheryl/lymes.html

Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker: http://www.chronicneurotoxins.com/lymedisease.cfm http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/004669.html

IGeneX Lab: http://www.igenex.com/ ( One of the "FEW" labs with enough experience to test for Lyme

Bowen Lab: http://www.bowen.org/Bowen_Borrelia_results.html

MDL Lab: http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001501.html

Great Smokies Diagnostic Lab: https://secure.gsdl.com/kitorder/orderkits

False negative tests: http://www.ilads.org/position.htm

Western Blot Bands: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/...stern-blot.txt

Strains of Bb: http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/borr...iaspecies.html

Lyme Disease: The Sensible Pursuit of Answers: http://www.x-l.net/Lyme/li.htm

The Complexities of Lyme Disease: http://www.lymealliance.org/research/grier/grier_1.php


Persistence or relapse of Lyme disease: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/...nce-links.html http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/...abstracts.html

Lyme and Fibromyalgia: http://www.geocities.com/lymeart3/fms-index.html

Lyme and Lupus: http://www.geocities.com/lymeart3/lupus-index.html

Lyme and MS: http://www.geocities.com/lymeart3/ms-index.html

Lyme/Heart: http://www.geocities.com/lymeart3/heart-links.html

Gastrointestinal: http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001560.html

Herxing: http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000247.html http://www.x-l.net/Lyme/abstracts/he...ollection.html http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000638.html

Neuropsychiatric: http://x-l.net/Lyme/Fallon95.htm http://www.mentalhealthandillness.com/tnaold.html http://www.mentalhealthandillness.com/lymeframes.html

Sexual and touch transmission: http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/004469.html http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000909.html

Dual Infection: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publication...0996/page3.htm

Babesia: http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001624.html http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/003767.html http://x-l.net/Lyme/abstracts/98.human_babesiosis.htm http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000677.html

Ehrlichia: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/VBDP/g...c/Relate-W.htm http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol2no1/walker1.htm

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/002027.html http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/003351.html http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001999.html

Bartonella: http://flash.lymenet.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/004846.html

Tick pictures: http://www.ent.iastate.edu/imagegal/ticks/

Rash pictures: http://www.lyme.org/gallery/rashes.html http://www.lyme.org/gallery/gallery.html

Insurance: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/...nce-links.html

Lots of (other) links on Lyme Disease: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/...yme-links.html

R. James Martin -- Euless, Texas

My Lyme Disease Page: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/romarkaraoke/james.html
Rose's Lyme Disease Page: http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/RoseWriter
See & hear the star of our family : http://www.fx-entertainment.com/AmyRose.html
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More Lyme Disease study material for TDCJ and UTMB Doctors to study and try and learn the treatment and diagnosis of Lyme Disese! I am writting in regards to my concerns for my son, Inmate Chad Ray Bennett TDCJ # 790798 Wynne Unit Huntsville Texas 77349. Many of our private doctors have called and written you in concern of my sons deteriating health due to his deteriating health from Lyme and his bulls eye skin lesions ( which is the evidence of Lyme Disease) which are still untrteated after my five years of begging you to treat him before it was too late. Chad is also in the heat which is deadly for Lyme Disease people. This is a very contagious disease through salavia or body fludids. I have told this story on my radio talk show every day and have many concerned inmates parents in fear of this fatal disease. Please read these sites below regarding Lyme Disease which shold help even the most uneducated ignorant doc regarding Lyme Disease. We have been told that the many doctors in Texas Prison System have had their license taken from them for many different reasons yet still practice medicine on our loved ones. I am sending this to Texas Medical Board also in concern of this. Please let us know if this is true?
You may contact our private doctors at: Dr. Hamid Moayad at: 817-540-3388 and Dr. Terry Kupers at: 510-654-8333 as they have tried repeatidly to talk with you and have sent you letters that I have copies of.
UTMB took Lyme test of my son and UTMB is not even qualified to test for Lyme as only a few labs are such as Igenex in California, but even with UTMB's test results my son is one tenth off a point of being positive of Lyme. Chad's dad has the lesions on every inch of his body, many seizures, mind lesions, etc., which has caused a major medical malpractice suit. My son Chad now has these same bulls eye lesions and I have begged TDC to treat his Lyme condition for over five years and they blame UTMB and UTMB blames TDC.
Chad is in segregation and many attornies have written and proven that Chad's tatoos should not have him in seg as this is TDCJ's reason for him being in seg. Dr. Terry has diagnoised him with Shu Syndrome from being segged but still TDCJ refuses to remove him from seg. This again was started by Rockwall County and their corupt games on my family. My sons best friend whom is a black man, Derrick Moore, from Rockwall....went in prison at the same time Chad did and Derrick was stripped naked and put in a concrete box for weeks naked to break his spirit and keep him from telling that Chad was a black persons friend. All the while Rockwall had put Chad in seg so that he would be sent straight into seg at his entry into prison. More at: www.geocities.com/copbrutality (then click on index)
Thank you for your time and help and to any of you that have legal remedies and medical, please reply to me?
Brenda Pitts Bennett
www.crusaderadio.com
701 Meadowdale
Royse City, Texas 75189
(972) 877-3539
(972) 636-3575
bpb123@earthlink.net
Please write these e mails below and ask for help for my son?
Thank you...