From The Gothamist in partnership with The Marshall Project:
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 lives or cover up abuse.
A prisoner at Green Haven Correctional Facility, in the Hudson Valley, accused a nurse of medically clearing him to be sent to solitary confinement to cover up a beating by guards that left him with life-threatening injuries: a punctured lung, broken ribs and a fractured hand. By contrast, at nearby Sing Sing, a man credited a nurse with saving his life by yelling at an officer to stop beating him.
How nurses handle instances of violence in infirmaries gained wider attention in December when state officials released body camera footage showing nurses peering into an exam room from a hallway while guards fatally beat and choked Robert Brooks at Marcy prison. Continue reading >>>
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