Why Some New York Prison Nurses Side With Abusive Guards Over Patients

When Prison Nurses Must Choose Between Loyalty to Abusive Guards and Devotion to Patients

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project,  a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on  Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook. When New York corrections officers attack prisoners in infirmaries — as has happened dozens of times in the past 15 years — it is nurses who must document and treat the resulting injuries. Their choices can save liv…

Why Some New York Prison Nurses Side With Abusive Guards Over Patients

In dozens of cases, medical personnel in New York prisons were accused of covering up beatings — some under pressure — and rarely faced punishment.

Prison nurses often face choice: loyalty to officers or duty to inmates