What constitutes indifference in prison medical care?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Griffin v. Zurbano, Case No.: 16-CV-2715-JLS-WVG (S.D. Cal. 2019):
U.S.C. 1983. Estelle v. Gamble, 429 U.S. 97, 104-05 (1976.) The indifference may be "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." Id.
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