March 10, 2018 MassLive By Shira Schoenberg The Massachusetts Department of Correction has reached a settlement with prisoners’ rights groups over its medical treatment of prison inmates with hepatitis C. The settlement requires prisoners with the most serious cases of hepatitis C to be treated within 12 months. Prisoners with less serious cases will have […]
With prisoners left out, state’s work on hepatitis C drug access is far from over
Letter to the Editor by PLS Staff Attorney Joel Thompson Boston Globe August 6, 2016 MASSACHUSETTS’ DECISION to lift restrictions on hepatitis C treatment for MassHealth patients is laudable (“Wider access to hep C drugs is humane and pragmatic,” Editorial, July 29), but those and other restrictions remain in place for the more than 1,500 […]
5 Investigates: Young man dies in state custody
By Kathy Curran 5 Investigates – WCVB Boston May 16, 2016 Tony Dunn’s son Sam died in the rear compartment of an Essex County Sheriff’s Department transport van within 24 hours of leaving Anna Jacques Hospital in Newburyport after going to the emergency room for help. Sam Dunn was found unresponsive in the sheriff’s department […]