tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post7735413910395125739..comments2024-03-19T08:48:37.047+00:00Comments on Prison UK: An Insider's View: Treating – or tricking?PrisonUKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05060870139110580938noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-76212178240920059312017-06-11T16:34:12.768+01:002017-06-11T16:34:12.768+01:00Thank you very much for sharing information that w...Thank you very much for sharing information that will be much helpful for making coursework my effective.cytotechttp://cytotechotline.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-81228514972016442842017-04-27T12:45:16.067+01:002017-04-27T12:45:16.067+01:00(This should've been posted first)
Inmate pat...(This should've been posted first)<br /><br />Inmate patients are treated very differently to ordinary patients. I feel that there needs to be more laws to protect inmates in this sense. Both through proper medical confidentiality, and continuation of medications prescribed pre-prison. Many inmates have their medication stopped when they go to prison. In many instances they would of been on, and highly dependent on the mental health medication possibly for many decades. Then they have it stopped. Saying to the prison doctor that your 'real' doctor/s outside prison have been prescribing it to you for many years, and you need it to cope is pointless and futile, once they make up their minds. The way they get around it is to say 'it is our opinion that you don't need this'. Then that's it, there is no budging and every attempt to try to defend yourself may result in various types of bizarre dynamics happening. You literally have to try to shut up, and just take it. But its difficult, particularly if you are suffering and cracking up, and particularly if you are doing a long time. There are vast numbers of ill inmates who are actually waiting for the end of their sentense. Not because they want to be free, walk on a beach or any other type of similar activity. But just for the very simple reason they are waiting to get out so they can go back to their own doctor; strange but true. It is surprising how many prison workers think that people in prison cut themselves because they are being manipulative etc. Does anyone stop to consider that the reason they are chopping themselves up and/or trying to kill themselves is actually because they are no longer receiving medication as described above??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-59346025862974867692017-04-27T12:43:04.376+01:002017-04-27T12:43:04.376+01:00Addition: It can become even more bizarre when the...Addition: It can become even more bizarre when the doctors/nurses have convinced themselves that they have stopped the meds for your benefit. Try to get your head around that one. And if you manage to get your around it from a distance (when you aren't going through it personally), then try to imagine what it is like when you ARE going through it, and experiencing the intense suffering, frustraton and confusion involved!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-63022104576896853162017-04-17T15:09:46.508+01:002017-04-17T15:09:46.508+01:00From first hand experience, there is no sign of th...From first hand experience, there is no sign of this issue getting any better in prisons any time soon. <br />Like you I was recently asked to consent to the disclosure of my medical records and declined for the same reasons you did. My records were disclosed anyway and, when I challenged this, I was told that staff had not been informed that I had declined and therefore they "presumed consent". The fact that someone has now written a book about their work in prisons just highlights how much disregard some staff have for the rule of law whilst simultaneously telling prisoners that they should have respect for it. <br />Hypocrisy at the highest level. Not all staff are like this though. There is one officer here at HMP Wakefield who is doing a number of criminology related courses in her own time and who told me that she is always very strict with herself that, when writing assignments, she limits what she writes to what she knows from the set texts and does not include any information about the prisoners she is writing about which she knows by virtue of having worked with them personally. She said that this is really important to her because she signed the official secrets act and doesn't intend to break it. Well, surely the nurse who wrote the book you refer to (and kudos for not publicising the name by the way) also signed the official secrets act. If so, she has breached it. That is a serious criminal offence. So where is the prosecution? Let me guess: It's "not in the public interest". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8623255227619374869.post-61531018499105027732017-03-06T21:37:23.887+00:002017-03-06T21:37:23.887+00:00Well said, Alex. I find it hard to process that so...Well said, Alex. I find it hard to process that someone with that much supposed experience would feel compelled to violate confidentiality in such a manner. If they didn't gain consent to use individual accounts, then they ought to be prosecuted for their actions. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781040494384163066noreply@blogger.com