Medical Care in the Illinois Prison System

When a man is sent to prison he loses the respect that most men enjoy. He becomes a number in the penal system. No longer do his words carry weight. He is ignored and placed in the “I do not give a shit” pile.

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The Health Care system in place in the Illinois prison system is an inside joke. The services are contracted out to a medical contractor that gets one hundred and ten million dollars a year to supply the healthcare needs of the entire Illinois Department of Correction prisoner body. The contractor is allowed to keep all the money — as a bonus —  that is not spent on prisoner care. So you have a system with a built-in incentive to give the prisoners only the barest minimum of health care—this is the policy that is crammed down each employee’s throat. Continue reading “Medical Care in the Illinois Prison System”