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KP Stoller's avatar

It was the end of 1999, if memory serves me correctly, andI was forced to live in Santa Fe to have primary physical custody of my son. New medical practices don't make money, so I moonlighted as the Physician of the Santa Fe Jail where the guest of honor was Wen Ho Lee. He was the only inmate who had actually gotten a physical exam.

The medical services available were very poor but the inmates were sicker than sick... some of the sickest people I have ever seen in one place. I wrote to the NGO in charge of medical services and told them of the dangers. For example, the psychiatrist would only show up every two weeks, but I had inmates slamming their bodies against their cell doors hard enough to break bones.

I was told only the psyhiatrist can Rx psych meds... be that as it may I convinced the nurse to get this poor guy lithium and he stopped slaming into the door.

Ok, my story is a little tangental but it is better than talking about how utterly corrupt Federal law enforcement agencies became.

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Tonya's avatar

"There is no public record of anybody being held accountable."

In how many different situations is that statement true? How do we get back to holding "them" accountable?

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