Does a prisoner have a constitutional right to refuse medical treatment?

A prisoner "has a constitutionally protected liberty interest in refusing unwanted medical treatment" under the Fourteenth Amendment. Cruzan by Cruzan v. Dir., Missouri Dep't of Health, 497 U.S. 261, 278 (1990). However, that right is not unqualified, and "must be balanced against the

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state's interest in effective prison administration. . . . The state may infringe upon a prisoner's constitutional rights so long as the infringing regulation or policy is reasonably related to legitimate penological interests." Pabon v. Wright, 459 F.3d 241, 252 (2d Cir. 2006) (internal quotation marks omitted).