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Advocates say justice system fails inmates with fetal alcohol disorders


Advocates say justice system fails inmates with fetal alcohol disorders
BY STEVEN ELBOW|selbow@madison.com Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:40 pm

Tyler Mills lost nearly 25 pounds over the course of three weeks, but his jailers didn't see anything alarming about that. It was his choice to stop eating, his choice to stop drinking, his choice to swallow the toothbrush that was lodged in his stomach.

Sauk County Jail officials deemed it a behavior issue, not a medical one. It could be handled with discipline - solitary confinement, suspension of privileges, physical restraints.

On June 8, 2006, jail staff and human services personnel got the 28-year-old inmate to a Boscobel hospital on a psychological commitment, and medical staff immediately saw they had a medical emergency on their hands. Read more......

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