Months after 13 Investigates reported on a Harris County inmate who died of diabetic ketoacidosis, the state is calling out the jail for not providing him insulin and blood pressure medication.
After 13 Investigates reported on a Harris County inmate who died of diabetic ketoacidosis, the state calls out the jail for not providing him insulin.Sarah Borchgrevink said her brother told her he was worried about his diabetes after turning himself in on a DWI charge at the Harris County Jail in 2021.
"There's a stigma against people who have endured any kind of issues that require perseverance, such as homelessness or dysfunctional backgrounds, or a lot of reasons why people find themselves in jail," Borchgrevink said on Thursday. "Despite the person's behavior or the cause of being in jail, nobody per their civil rights is allowed to be denied medication, and he went in with his medication.
The letter also states, "Documentation reviewed after a custodial death revealed that daily orders were written for the inmate to receive KOP blood pressure medication. However, this order was not filled, nor was this medication provided once this inmate was housed.
HCSO previously said the Harris Health System "assumed responsibility for jail healthcare on March 1, 2022." "The unfortunate reality is there is very little enforcement that the commission can do. What needs to happen is continued public pressure on the county commissioners to reprioritize and realign our budget and spending with prevention instead of punishment. To halt hiring, freeze hiring pending an internal review of HR practices, internal investigations," she said.
Before joining the jail in 2021, Herklotz spent decades working for the state commission on jail standards.
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