Topic: The Club House / Hospitalized Inmates getting visits?

My brother was in prison and diagnosed with a terminal illness….Unfortunately he died on Sept 2013. I must say that during his time of hospitalization and surgeries!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we were able to visit with him twice. Once when the Warden gave us permission to see him and the second time was when the Drs asked that the family be called in due to him having only a few weeks/months to live! The ENTIRE process of dealing with the Camp where he was housed was TERRIBLE! Calling just to get medical information was bad…He was not taken to a lot of his appoiintments etc….Long story short…we fought and sent a letter to the Parole board nad eventually we were able to get him out of prison and he came to live with me before he passed about 2 weeks…So we, the family, was just very grateful my brother did not have to die alone and in prison. They sent my brother home with nothing more than a depend and a nasty tshirt on! I can not tell you how UPSET I WAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and did i mention the NASTY sheet they had wrapped around him! Those people that work in the Prisons that are responsible for all that happened to my brother and others have to answer for all that! i think it is just sad…because regardless of what they did to put them in prison! they are still hurman and ar not animals…I could go on and on with the story but I just wanted to say that little bit and Will be praying for all families that are currently having to deal with terminally Ill inmates at any prison…My brother was located at CENTRAL PRISON in Durham NORTH Carolina. He was in Johnston County at first, but was moved to Central Prison because of his constant medical care and surgery that he had…..GOD help the PEOPLE that have the jobs in PRISONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Topic: The Club House / Hospitalized Inmates getting visits?

When an inmate is hospitalized in critical condition is there anyway or someone that can be called to find out how they are doing? If not, then we more than likely won’t hear from my brother for about a month or so. He has cancer and had to have a 15 hour surgery ! They say no news is good news…I was just wondering if there is a way to at least know how he is doing?

Topic: The Club House / Hospitalized Inmates getting visits?

It is amazing that people comment about inmates that are critically ill should not receive visits from their family unless they are dying! I am willing to bet the ones making these comments don’t have anyone in prison and if they do! they are not sick. I agree that it is a security issue, but I think it very unfair of the system that an inmate’s family even though they are not allowed to visit, they are not informed or given any kind of update on how their family member is doing! Now tell me how is that hurting anything for someone to call a family member to say how the inmate is doing?