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  1. #1
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    Default Medicine is Being Withheld in Jail

    My question involves civil rights in the State of: Tennessee:My son is in jail he is a type 1 diabetic,they are giving him is daily insulin,his long acting but no matter how high his sugar is they refuse to give him a sliding scale he has written complaints to the jail administrator with no action.I have called and talked to the administrator and was told I didn't have any right to get any answers from him.My son has told me his sugar levels have been running over 300 which is deadly for a diabetic,the nurses has told them they know he needs a sliding scale but there hands are tied,his hem.a1c is 9.4 he has lost 10 pounds already which is normal when a diabetics sugars run high.so he may weigh 120.He is now worried they are going to lock him down for complaining so much but he is worried that is is going to go DKA.My son is a brittle diabetic very hard to maintain him,he has been put on life support before for his diabetes is this not a violation of his civil rights they should have to take care of him?

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    Default Re: Medicine is Being Withheld in Jail

    The jail will follow the regimen prescribed by its own doctors, even if the inmate deems it suboptimal. I'm not sure that they can accommodate the dietary requirements that would go along with a sliding scale (i.e., a constant amount of carbohydrates in each meal).

    When you say "the nurses has told them", what nurses are you talking about and who are you referencing as "them"? When you say "the[ir] hands are tied", whose hands are you talking about and why are they tied?

    If push comes to shove, your son will have to bring a motion before the court.

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    Default Re: Medicine is Being Withheld in Jail

    Take some comfort in realizing that while a blood sugar of 300 is certainly high in a diabetic, it is nowhere near "deadly".

    Gail

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    Default Re: Medicine is Being Withheld in Jail

    he is being treated ... you don't like the treatment .. if he did not want to be treated by the county docs, he should have not committed a crime that landed him in jail.

    how long does he have to go?

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