In New York prisons, lack of medical care led to preventable deaths

In New York prisons, lack of medical care led to preventable deaths

In the past decade, more than 30 people who were experiencing a health crisis in New York prisons died of preventable or treatable conditions.

How Lack of Health Care Led to Preventable Deaths in New York Prisons

More than 30 people with dangerous but treatable ailments — infections, obstructed bowels and asthma attacks — died in the past decade.