​Prison-Jail Medical Care Lawyer

Contact Attorney Jim Tanner for a consultation if you or one of your family members have been exposed to any health care issues which have gone untreated or delayed.   

Call  813-322-3565

All inmates and prisoners may bring a civil rights action for monetary damages against prison or county jail systems. Inmates and prisoners may sue for deliberating depriving them of medically necessary treatments.  An example is treatment for hepatitis C (“HCV”).  It has become a crisis for certain inmates and prisoners due to a statewide policy and practice of failing to provide treatment for chronic HCV because of the cost of the medication. Many of  those  incarcerated, imprisoned and confined have suffered from intentional discriminating failures by the system to provide medical care.  These individuals may bring lawsuits on the basis of disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Rehabilitation Act (“RA”).
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HCV in Prison 

The urgency to control the spread of  HCV in jails and prisons is much greater than that of in the general population.  Somewhere between 16% and 41% of the United States’ jail and prison population has HCV.  If you are in prison or jail your chances of being infected with HCV and other serious health issues places you at risk.