Tarrant County Jail

Medications

Interview with DC, Keith, Joe, Heidi and Dillon


JM: Did you always have access to necessary medications?
DC: Yes. Tylenol - well the off-brand kind, was readily available. If you needed prescription meds, the nurses came in everyday to give them to you.
Keith: Hell NO. People die in this jail from lack of medical attention. They won't give you what they don't want you to have. Usually the best for pain is naproxyn or 800 mg Ibuprofen.
Joe: rarely.
Heidi: yes
Dillon: NO! I have been on the same perscriptions for 3 years from a board certified doctor and their resident doctors with no experience cut me off of them all and had me in withdrawls.

JM: How did you get your medications?
DC: The nurses brought them in. If you just needed tylenol you could get that from the officer. 2 pills per shift.
Keith: The nurses come around with a cart. They won't call you or wake you up. You have to be up when they come by.
Joe: fill out request.
Heidi: a nurse would bring them 3 times a day, or we woyld go to medical
Dillon: the nurse came by twice a day. If u didnt hear her come in u didnt get ur meds.

JM: What types of punishments were incurred for abuse of drugs?
DC: They threw them away, I believe and you could catch a new case.
Keith: If you get caught with drugs they will give you a new criminal charge. They crush most medications so people can't give them away.
Heidi: you would receive your meds crushed, and sometimes segregation
Dillon: Unknowm