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Court Orders Hospitalization for Federal Pretrial Detainee
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2003, page 24
A federal court in Maryland held that a federal pretrial detainee was entitled to be transferred to a hospital or infirmary for the duration of his pretrial detention due to inadequate medical care while in custody of U.S. Marshals.
Filed under:
Transfers,
Prison Health Services,
Medical,
Medication,
Blood,
Medical Records,
Brain Injury,
Injunctions.
Location:
Maryland.
Trevor Wallen, a federal pretrial detainee, had numerous medical problems including ...
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