Illinois prison healthcare still poor as state goes 1 year without long-term medical provider

... When Connor was sentenced, the judge in his case ordered the state to ensure regular access to his medications. That hasn’t happened. In an email to the Sun-Times, Natalie wrote that since entering state custody, Connor hasn’t consistently received his medications for mental illness, cholesterol and blood pressure. He is also often denied Tylenol to help manage chronic pain tied to his paralysis.

“What is happening inside these facilities is not just poor administration. It meets the definition of deliberate medical neglect,” Natalie wrote in the email.

Learn more about the situation in Illinois, which involves a short-term contract with a contractor to provide medical care in state facilities - and the failure to do so - from news reporter Kaitlin Washburn in the Chicago Sun-Times.