“Although the facility generally provided adequate medical care, we identified one case where the medical department examined a sick inmate but did not send the inmate to hospital for urgent medical treatment and the inmate died,” the report said . However, other issues have been uncovered at the facility, including the lack of medical call documents and inconsistency with Covid-19 guidelines.
This is the latest in a series of Inspector General reports detailing health and safety violations in federal immigration detention, including expired groceries and shabby bathrooms, as well as lack of face covering and social distancing that may have contributed to repeated transmissions of Covid-19. Adams medical staff initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation and administered adrenaline. Paramedics arrived and carried out resuscitation measures, but the inmate was pronounced dead, according to IG.
The prisoner was released and collapsed while waiting to return to his residential area. Had the Adams medical staff had the 2019 electrocardiogram with an expert appointed by the Inspector General on the 17th.
On December 17, 2020, an inmate with a history of high blood pressure due to chest and arm pain asked for medical attention and was taken to the Adams Medical Department, where he was given medication, oxygen, and an electrocardiogram guard dog. The latest report found that in some cases, the registered nurse at the Adams facility did not record the inmate’s sick leave visit order and that the medical department did not document the follow-up of the inmates’ laboratory test results.
In 2020, Adams had an average daily population of 710 inmates with a maximum capacity of 2,348, but there were 222 incarcerated there at the start of the inspection. The Adams facility is owned and operated by CoreCivic, a company contracted by ICE to provide detention facilities.
The number of inmates continued to decrease during the inspection. “While ICE needs to acquire and maintain enough bed capacity to meet demand as the prison population grows, it must also strive for a balance to avoid wasting money on empty beds,” the report concluded. During the inspection, the Inspector General also found that ICE had paid more than $ 17 million for unused berths based on a contractually agreed minimum payment.
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