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In reply to the discussion: Impoverished Mother Dies In Jail Cell Over Unpaid Fines For Her Kids Missing School [View all]FarPoint
(12,336 posts)42. Medical is suppose to monitor anyone with high blood pressure.
When a new inmate is booked in, medical does an assessment wherein the intake history notes any medical conditions or detects any clinical abnormalities like elevated BP. There are standard house orders for initial elevated BP...and a physician is just a phone call away to secure orders. Apparently these basic standards were omitted.
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Impoverished Mother Dies In Jail Cell Over Unpaid Fines For Her Kids Missing School [View all]
Stuart G
Jun 2014
OP
"We have no idea why she died...only that it isn't our fault" (paraphrased)
Horse with no Name
Jun 2014
#1
Is there any of the old system in this country that still works? Where are her eight children now? I
jwirr
Jun 2014
#11
had experience this past year with a child who at times did not show up at school....
dembotoz
Jun 2014
#25
Have you ever smoked? I really believe that metabolic stress could do it.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2014
#50