Texas inmates sue for hepatitis C drug, alleging lack of treatment is ‘cruel and unusual’

[Disir]

A federal lawsuit filed Thursday says the Texas prison system is “callously” denying thousands of inmates access to a costly hepatitis C medicine that is widely considered the standard of care, potentially exposing them to liver damage and other health complications.

At least 18,000 inmates in the state’s 104 facilities have been diagnosed with the chronic virus. And up to 30 percent of Texas’ roughly 148,000 inmates may be infected — a similar rate to prisons across the nation.
Texas inmates sue for hepatitis C drug, alleging lack of treatment is 'cruel and unusual'

There are thousands of people that can't afford that treatment on the outside.

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

Stop fucking each other in the ass and sharing needles.

 

[Disir]

Stop fucking each other in the ass and sharing needles.

They are in prison, hon. They can't hear you.

 

[Polishprince]

People can live for decades with Hep C and be perfectly fine.

When they get out of the joint, they can buy their own pills.

The cost of the medication that can cure Hep C is very expensive.

 

[Polishprince]

Stop fucking each other in the ass and sharing needles.

Not every one in prison is a homo, you know. Many normative folks have hep too, and many already have it when they are incarcerated

 

[Tijn Von Ingersleben]

Stop fucking each other in the ass and sharing needles.

Not every one in prison is a homo, you know. Many normative folks have hep too, and many already have it when they are incarcerated

Thus the intravenous comment. You don't get hep from sharin a Coke ya clown.