Year / 2019
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Medical Crisis in Immigrant Detention Facilities
The crisis at the border is well documented. So, too, are the atrocities that are routinely committed by ICE and CBP on the refugees seeking asylum in the U.S. There is no…
July 1, 2019 -
Emergency Medical Care and Emergency Transport in New Mexico’s Prisons
In a recent article from Prison Legal News entitled, “New Mexico Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Policy of Denying Transport to Medical Appointments During Lockdowns”, yet another series of systemic…
June 19, 2019 -
Profit Margins, Negligent Prison Medical Care and New Mexico Taxpayers
In a series of cases widely covered by the media, one facility’s atrocious medical care services resulted in exorbitant fiscal and physical cost—the former picked up by New Mexico taxpayers via New…
June 14, 2019 -
Prison Diabetes Emergencies Treated as Disciplinary Matters
Hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia both have symptoms that can lead to devastating and rather cruel misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose. The misdiagnosis or failure to diagnose a diabetic episode is often driven by…
May 27, 2019 -
Shocking National Data Pale by Comparison to Prison Diabetes Data
National Statistics on Diabetes The national statistics on diabetes are shocking: According to the National Center for Health Statistics, among adults 20 years and over the percent with diabetes (physician-diagnosed or undiagnosed)…
May 13, 2019 -
Untreated and Negligently Treated Diabetes in New Mexico Prisons
Something we should all be concerned about Most folks don’t give prison healthcare much thought. They should. The costs of poor prison healthcare as remote as it sounds, affects all of us…
May 6, 2019 -
Investigation and Reporting of New Mexico Prison Suicides
Reporting of Inmate Deaths to Family The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) provides policies regarding what is to happen when an inmate dies, is injured or becomes seriously ill while in custody.…
April 15, 2019 -
FMCSA Interventions for Unsafe Trucking and Bus Carriers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is charged with the regulation of motor carriers (trucks and buses) safety. To meet its safety objectives, the FMCSA created its “Safety Measurement System” (SMS).…
February 6, 2019 -
Trucking COMPLIANCE, SAFETY and ACCOUNTABILITY (CSA)
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Safety Measurement System (SMS) states: “There are 5 million truck and bus drivers sharing the road with more than 250 million motorists. With stakes so…
January 30, 2019
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