A friend of mine is in Sacramento State Prison. He is the only condemned prisoner (on DR) and they don't know what to do with him, so they put him in the psych ward where he does not belong. He recently had a serious emergency with his health, was seen by a nurse but sent back to his cell. Another friend contacted the Ombudsman, but didn't get a reply for two days and that was that he had been seen and he should file a new request to be seen again. Period. But they didn't do anything nor did they solve his respiratory issues.
Yesterday, one of the mentally ill inmates in his vicinity had put feces and urine in front of his door. He was made to clean it up!
So we really have three issues here:
* he is in solitary confinement on the psych ward where he does not belong
* his health issues aren't taken seriously
* staff forces him to clean up the mess other inmates make
The Ombudsman is of no use, his lawyer says he cannot handle such issues and the warden cannot be reached.
Does anyone have ideas that we could try?