Is there indifference or indifference by prison doctors in their response to prisoner's needs?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Harris v. Calzetta, CASE NO. 1: 13-cv-001088-MJS (E.D. Cal. 2016):

true whether the indifference is manifested by prison doctors in their response to the prisoner's needs or by prison guards in intentionally denying or delaying access to medical care or intentionally interfering with the treatment once prescribed." Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104-05 (1976) (internal citations, punctuation and quotation marks omitted).

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