Sepsis is 'very treatable.' For inmates, it's often a death sentence.

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4. It's not easy for staff because they deal with a population that are low trust and likely prey on others

How many calls to sick bay are due to scams, or bored prisoners looking to get out of their cells, or get medication? My best friend was a prison guard and he said it’s non stop scammers trying in every way to get out of the cells for the day. Some illnesses fall between the cracks not because of the abusive system, but because you are dealing with a population which consists of some of the worst our society has to offer. If everyone who raises their hand gets to go to the infirmary, what would that look like? When you lose your freedom and control of your decisions, it doesn’t look the same as the people outside.

The nurses and doctors don’t likely get into the system with the mistrust of prisoner illness that they quickly develop from seeing it.