"PLEASE HELP ME before it's too late"

Behind bars, they beg for medical attention from a giant government contractor. For some, help doesn’t come – or it comes too late. A CNN investigation exposes preventable deaths and dangerous care that government agencies have failed to stop.
By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN

The pleas for help describe excruciating pain, spreading infections and treatable conditions turning deadly.

They come from people locked up across the country. Some face charges as minor as unpaid traffic tickets. No longer able to seek medical care on their own, they make written requests -- and wait.

“Please help me before its to(o) late,” wrote 60-year-old Henry Clay Stewart from the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Virginia in 2016. Stewart reported abdominal pain, blackouts and an inability to keep down food or water. He asked to see a doctor or nurse “ASAP” and begged to be sent to the emergency room.

Stewart ended up in jail for a probation violation related to a five-year-old incident where he had shoplifted an 18-pack of beer and swung it at someone attempting to stop him. He died after seeking medical assistance for almost a month, according to a federal investigation. An autopsy showed a perforated ulcer had filled his stomach with at least a pint of blood.
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2019/06/us/jail-health-care-ccs-invs/index.html