Ginest v. Board of County Com'rs. of Carbon County.U.S. District Court RECORDS Ginest v. Board of County Com'rs. of Carbon County, 333 F.Supp.2d 1190 (D.Wyo. 2004). County jail inmates brought a class action against a county and sheriff, alleging deliberate indifference to the inmates' medical needs, and seeking declaratory DECLARATORY. Something which explains, or ascertains what before was uncertain or doubtful; as a declaratory statute, which is one passed to put an end to a doubt as to what the law is, and which declares what it is, and what it has been. 1 Bl. Com. 86. and injunctive relief injunctive relief n. a court-ordered act or prohibition against an act or condition which has been requested, and sometimes granted, in a petition to the court for an injunction. . Following the entry of a consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. governing medical care, the inmates sought a contempt order, alleging specific violations of the decree's terms. The defendants moved to terminate the consent decree. The district court held that the county was potentially liable, and the sheriff was potentially liable for failure to train. The court found that the constitutional rights of the inmates were violated by inadequate medical care and inadequate medical records at the jail, including lack of training in suicide prevention Suicide prevention is an umbrella term for the collective efforts of mental health practitioners and related professionals to reduce the incidence of suicide through proactive preventive measures. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, jail medical records that are inadequate, inaccurate and unprofessionally maintained are actionable under the Eighth Amendment. The court found that many physician progress notes and other medical records were missing, there was no written definition of a medical emergency requiring immediate care, there were numerous delays in responding to inmate requests for medical care, there was no suicide prevention training nor written policies, and potentially suicidal inmates were often isolated physically and provided with little or no counseling. (Carbon County Jail, Wyoming) |
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