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Medications

Interview with Allan, Clayton and Gabi

JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
Allan: No. If you go in with prescription drugs, they take them away from you and won't give them back. There was a guy I was in the drug rehab with, and he had HIV. He would get so sick and they wouldn't let him see a nurse until he was almost dead. I had another cellmate with gout. It was very painful and he had a hard time getting out of bed. We got him out of the cell but he couldn't get himself back in. He wasn't getting his medication for the gout. The only way we got him medical attention is that a friend on the outside called an ambulance and asked them to go to the jail to help this guy.
Clayton: Not at first . I didnt get my medications that I brought in with me until my 3rd day.
Gabi: not always,

JM: How did you get your medications?
Allan: Med call came around twice a day. 9am and 7pm. The nurse would come around and stand in the cluster. They would call your name and they would watch you take it.
Clayton: They would bring a med cart and you would take them once a day even if you were supposed to take some of them twice a day.
Gabi: nurses would come 2x a day to issue meds but they crused everything together and very little water to take with. i was on valporic acid which was depakote and it burn the inside of my esophagus and stomach. it clearly states on the script do not crush or chew. they never read the instructions i guess

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs? Did you ever witness this?
Allan: If they catch you with an aspirin that you aren't supposed to have, you will receive an institutional charge and thrown in solitary. They could make a street charge out of it by charging you with having contraband. One guy got thrown into isolation for about a week because he had an aspirin or a motrin in the bottom of his tote.
Gabi: people would get put in isolation for what ever period they are charged with

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