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Prison Abuse

Sun, 01/24/2010 - 11:58

This is a story of a staggering atrocity that a woman seeking help, wrote to me at my website.

Here is her story:

"My 24 year old son began having grand mal seizures about nine years ago. Until 5 and a half years ago they were very far apart, and his doctor's recommended not to medicate him, explaining that the seizures may disappear completely as he ages as mysteriously as they began.

Then something horrible happened. He was charged with a crime he did not commit (which although his attorney compiled evidence clearing him, he was frightened into taking a plea bargain for 10 years in prison the night before he was to enter the not guilty plea).

The problem with his epilepsy was that on the actual night of his arrest, the officers interrogating him (who did not like his answers because they did not fit their theory of the crime) forced him to stand up for 12 hours straight without food or water in hopes of 'cracking' him.

The result of this was that he fell into a grand mal seizure in which he did not breathe for 10 minutes, and received a concussion. Instead of getting medical help, he was tossed in a cell and left to recover on his own.

This was to change the severity and frequency of his seizures permanantly. It is also probably related to the prosecutor's ability to maniputate him into a plea bargain months later which would never have stood if the case had been heard by a judge or jury.

My son has already served over half of his sentence, and has been brought back to life dozens of times by prison EMTs. He has been on lethal doses of Tegretol, Dilantin, and now Dilantin and Lamictal (300 mg & 400 mg per day each, respectively). I never know if my phone conversations with him will be my last.

My question is this, when the current dosage levels of these drugs quit working, and they will, is there any other medication being tested now that would be worth the risks, and have they found any effective substances for epileptics that do not cause Steven's-Johnson Syndrome?

Right now my son's seizures come in 3's, and always deprive him of oxygen and often cause injuries that in themselves are life threatening. Can you give me info on where I can find out about cutting-edge research on S-J syndrome and medications, including human studies being conducted? Is there anything known that might help keep him from getting Steven's-Johnson?"

I gave her several links, a list of anti epilepsy drugs (anti-epileptic drugs) with their possible side-effects: http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/medica...treat-seizures

I also included a site that helps give information for prisoners who suffer from epilepsy:
http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/sites/epi..._prisoners.pdf

And another website with a table of epilepsy drugs, brand names, average dose, treatment and possible side effects: http://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/Ab...gsusedinadults

I also urged her to call her local State Representative and Congressman. Do you think she has any other recourse?

 

phylisfeinerjohnson

www.epilepsytalk.com 

Comments

Re: Prison Abuse

Submitted by 3Hours2Live on Wed, 2010-10-27 - 06:04
Hi Phylis, Most of the cases of Public Law Officials in ADA disputes over epilepsy and abuse allegations, disappear in a few months, and about half the others just stay posted without any distinct resolution reported. Tadzio The ones with the most info, and somewhat of a follow-up from relatives, include: http://www.myazbar.org/AZAttorney/PDF_Articles/0507CivilVerditcs.pdf http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2006-03-16/news/death-sentence/ http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2000-12-28/news/an-errant-rescue/ http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2001-01-04/news/insult-to-mortal-injury/ http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/07/22/Arpaio1.pdf http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/07/22/Arpaio2.pdf http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2009/07/diabetic_died_without_treatmen.php ftp://opinions.ca5.uscourts.gov/unpub/03/03-41059.0.wpd.pdf http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/martinez1142.htm

Re: Prison Abuse

Submitted by zealot on Wed, 2010-10-27 - 14:46

Tadzio,

Get a load of this:

http://www.sntp.net/

I think it might be a gold mine.  I haven't snooped around much yet.  You may know these people already.

Devorah Zealot Soodak http://psychout.typepad.com/ the zealot needs help!

Tadzio,

Get a load of this:

http://www.sntp.net/

I think it might be a gold mine.  I haven't snooped around much yet.  You may know these people already.

Devorah Zealot Soodak http://psychout.typepad.com/ the zealot needs help!

Re: Prison Abuse

Submitted by zealot on Wed, 2010-10-27 - 10:58

Phylis,

I still think talking to the lawyers is a good idea because their take is very important.  Please read my comment that is now below Tadzio's.

Tadzio, I'm not at all surprised to see that you have all the links stored.  That is one of the reasons why I'm so upset about the stolen or otherwise strayed devices:  I lost my data and a lot of those data were links.

Phylis, there are a lot of reasons you can't find the stuff.  I don't have to spell it out for you because I'm pretty sure you've figured it out.  But I'm a geek and you're not, so I know my way around a search engine.

Please read my latest post: 

Patient Psychiatric Abuse and Mental Patient Psychiatric Abuse: The Jewish Zealot Epileptic Lunatic Leper Lets Google Do the Walking!

http://psychout.typepad.com/blog/2010/10/patient_psychiatric_abuse_mental_patient_psychiatric_abuse_www_omh_ny_state_us_nj_humanservices_dmhs_news_epilepsy_pubmed_med.html

This whole thing is much too traumatising for me.  Just getting the searches up there and reading the "headlines" made me sick.  Maybe you can find stuff you can use there and ideas for your own searches.

Baruch Hashem.  Hoshia na. 

Devorah Zealot Soodak http://psychout.typepad.com/ the zealot needs help!

Phylis,

I still think talking to the lawyers is a good idea because their take is very important.  Please read my comment that is now below Tadzio's.

Tadzio, I'm not at all surprised to see that you have all the links stored.  That is one of the reasons why I'm so upset about the stolen or otherwise strayed devices:  I lost my data and a lot of those data were links.

Phylis, there are a lot of reasons you can't find the stuff.  I don't have to spell it out for you because I'm pretty sure you've figured it out.  But I'm a geek and you're not, so I know my way around a search engine.

Please read my latest post: 

Patient Psychiatric Abuse and Mental Patient Psychiatric Abuse: The Jewish Zealot Epileptic Lunatic Leper Lets Google Do the Walking!

http://psychout.typepad.com/blog/2010/10/patient_psychiatric_abuse_mental_patient_psychiatric_abuse_www_omh_ny_state_us_nj_humanservices_dmhs_news_epilepsy_pubmed_med.html

This whole thing is much too traumatising for me.  Just getting the searches up there and reading the "headlines" made me sick.  Maybe you can find stuff you can use there and ideas for your own searches.

Baruch Hashem.  Hoshia na. 

Devorah Zealot Soodak http://psychout.typepad.com/ the zealot needs help!

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