Oklahoma County Jail

My son has been in Oklahoma County Jail for several months and is a Doc. Inmate. He is leagally blinde with out correction glasses or contacts. He has made several request to get into see an eye Doc and so far hasnt recieved any reponse. How should i handle this issue ?

Why are we charging $15.00 for a nurse to look at a TB shot? Does not seem fair to inmates to be charged for this.

I have to pay $189 or so a month for medical insurance and a 15 dollar co pay when I see a Doctor then pay for medication after that so it's fair they pay 15 dollars for a TB test and a physical.

TB shot is good idea but why are the inmates charged $1 to look at them as well?

They arn't charged 1 dollar to look at them, they pay 15 dollars on intake for a TB test, physical and STD test if they want it.

A Justice Department report rips the Oklahoma County jail as a chaotic and largely unsupervised den of "unconscionable” violence, abuse and medical neglect.

Detailed in the federal report are jail deaths, excessive use of force and a "disturbing” incident in which a pregnant woman was handcuffed to a rail for 10 hours while giving birth to a premature baby.
The child died at a metro-area hospital.

However, the seriousness of the report led the U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to transfer 160 federal inmates from the Oklahoma County jail over the weekend to jails in Tulsa and Grady counties until the issues are officially resolved.

The report details excessive inmate-on-inmate violence and use of force by jail staff, an unsanitary kitchen with birds and insects, lack of clothing and showers, several fire hazards and virtually no mental health treatment. There is also an inadequate investigatory process to review deaths and other serious incidents, according to the report.
The U.S. Attorney General could file a lawsuit against Oklahoma County if conditions do not improve, according to the report.

That is an older report. DOJ was there a few month ago and OCSO passed the inspection after making several improvements.

You can go to the jail and at the front counter ask for a "release of information form" mail this to your family member and ask them to fill it out naming you as the person to share their records with. If you have concerns about the medical treatment of your loved one you can review the records yourself. Look for missing medications, or requests for treatment that were nothing was done. It will take a few days to get your family members records after you return to the jail with the filled form. Should you find problems call the jail and ask to speak with the Director of Nursing or jail administrator. Tell them your concerns and document your phone call. Who you talked too, what they said, how they were going to fix the situation and keep the notes!

Do the jail provide the medications for free or do you have to come up with the money yourself?

Every time you visit the doctor the jail takes $15 off of your books. If you don't have money on your books then they add it to your court costs.

They charge for the doctors visit but the meds are no extra cost. If you have a chronic condition( They have a list of what is deemed a chronic condition) then it is free all the way around and you see the doctor on a regular bases.

Its jail people which means the goverment is in charge of the health care. The system mostly works BUT with thousands not hundreds of people going through alot again and again each week this get bogged down. Family I understand but you sorry clowns who are the inmate for the most part don't tell the whole story. As far as getting a lawer, how many of the sleezs one would not be rich off this little less the good lawyers who understand the law when goverment runs the medical when you become a inmate. Still can't wait for goverment run health care!!!!

The medical care is contracted to a physician owned private company. They are adamant about the dollars and cents.

My sister is in there now and that place is a PURE HELLHOLE. She is four months pregnant went to the hospital friday for bleeding they gave her antibiotics. She was given 2 doses thats it. When she asked where her medication was she was handed a plastic bag and a cup told to use it to catch her dead baby. That is so not acceptable.Told her that if she couldn't do it her roommate could. She was in an abusive relationship she has cerebral fluid leaking in her eye. She has recieved no medical care at all. That place is absolutly terrible. I work in the medical care and I don't know why the cdc has not shut down that place down.Lack of food. Plus they took $45 dollars off her books for doctor visits. Which they shouldn't do. All I know is that place is worst than anything. I wouldn't put my worst enemy there. I don't know why they can't be sued for this. I'm contacting a lawyer I don't want a damn dime I want those nuses and doctors held accoutable.I could go on forever.DON'T EVER GO THERE!

I know my loved one has had a possible stroke and is on breathing treatments and they tell me he refuses them all the time and his health is fine.. I know that they refuse to care for alot of the inmates and i have been told that some of them have died as a result. someone has got to look into this and get some answers for us.

my mother is bipolar and has a few mental issues, so you kno she has to take like a ton of different meds a day just to be normal, but when she takes a U.A [drug test] and it comes out as a dilute, they rip her away from her kids too quick and way too soon.

my dad has seizures and when he was in there they did not give him his meds whatsoever, he then got a sore on his lower calf and when he got out there was like a big red type rash around it, he went to the hospital and set somethin bout blood poisoning basically staf and if he would have been in there much longer his leg would have to been amputated.

Staph infection is a big problem there mainley because when the inmates get out on recreation they would rather run around and talk to other inmates or play cards than take a shower.

Staph infection is a big problem there mainley because when the inmates get out on recreation they would rather run around and talk to other inmates or play cards than take a shower.