A Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever died after jail staff repeatedly blocked medical workers from treating her, according to advocates and records. Charizma Jones, 23,died last week…
A Rikers Island inmate with suspected scarlet fever died after jail staff repeatedly blocked medical workers from treating her, according to advocates and records.
“But whatever else may be revealed going forward, it is patently obvious that the denied medical care to a seriously ill person, and there is no excuse whatsoever for this contemptuous and inhumane conduct.” “Several attempts were made to do vitals,” medical records state. “DOC officer on duty refused to opn cell.”
Medical staff believed Jones had scarlet fever, although the diagnosis is unconfirmed, a source told The Post. A doctor at New York-Presbyterian’s Weill Cornell burn center wrote July 10 that Jones’ worsening skin condition was coupled with multiple organ failure, making her unlikely to survive, records show.Jones hailed from the Bronx and was serving a one-year sentence for assault, according to the New York Daily News, whichDOC and Correctional Medical Services representatives didn’t return The Post’s requests for comment.
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