Public Health Service and the Division of Immigration Health Services because they deemed these procedures to be When he was finally released from immigration detention, the “elective.” subject received the treatment he required. By this point that it was though, doctors’ determined necessary that nearly his entire penis be surgically removed. Not only is medical care ignored, inadequate, or denied, but in some cases it can be argued that it is inhumane. The ACLU reported one instance after interviewing a Haitian detainee in Florida. The detainee had an abscess on his neck and the detention clinic center’s observed his condition and instructed him to lie down. A physician, nurse, and jail sergeant held him down and without his at [him] with a and sliced open the abscess. The consent “came knife” detainee reported that no anesthesia was administered. A few weeks later his abscess was still continuing to expel pus, but after multiple requests for more medical care he gave up. He told the this was abuse. They treated me like an As a universal human right, ACLU, “I think animal”. program administrators must respect access to adequate health care for detainees.. It is their responsibility to meet all medical care requests. Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment/Punitive Actions International human rights law prohibits cruel and inhumane degrading treatment of all people in custody. This prohibition can be found in the UDHR, where, in Article 5, it states, one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or “[n]o Under the CAT, inhumane and degrading treatment may fit the definition of torture punishment.” under the convention: For the purposes of this Convention, the any act by which severe term “torture” means pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having
Public Health Service and the Division of Immigration Health Services because they deemed these procedures to be “elective.” When he was finally released from immigration detention, the subject received the treatment he required. By this point though, doctors’ determined that it was necessary that nearly his entire penis be surgically removed. Not only is medical care ignored, inadequate, or denied, but in some cases it can be argued that it is inhumane. The ACLU reported one instance after interviewing a Haitian detainee in Florida. The detainee had an abscess on his neck and the detention center’s clinic observed his condition and instructed him to lie down. A physician, nurse, and jail sergeant held him down and without his consent “came at [him] with a knife” and sliced open the abscess. The detainee reported that no anesthesia was administered. A few weeks later his abscess was still continuing to expel pus, but after multiple requests for more medical care he gave up. He told the ACLU, “I think this was abuse. They treated me like an animal”. As a universal human right, program administrators must respect access to adequate health care for detainees.. It is their responsibility to meet all medical care requests. Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment/Punitive Actions International human rights law prohibits cruel and inhumane degrading treatment of all people in custody. This prohibition can be found in the UDHR, where, in Article 5, it states, “[n]o one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Under the CAT, inhumane and degrading treatment may fit the definition of torture under the convention: For the purposes of this Convention, the term “torture” means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having