Michigan wins appeal over prisoner's air mattress

[Jazzy]

Michigan wins appeal over prisoner's air mattress

A federal appeals court has deflated a Michigan prisoner's air mattress.

The court on Thursday overturned a 2013 order by a judge who told the state Corrections Department to let Richard Boone II use an air mattress to relieve pain.

In a 3-0 decision, the court said U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow didn't follow the correct procedure for an injunction. It also suggested Boone probably won't win his lawsuit over his overall care, another key factor in an injunction.

Boone, 45, is a convicted robber locked up at the Pugsley prison near Traverse City. His medical history includes a hip replacement and major leg surgery, and he said a private doctor had recommended an air mattress.

But officials took it away after six months, saying prison medical staff believed exercise and weight loss were better options.

Should he have been allowed to keep his air mattress? Why / Why not?

 

[Nebulous]

Hmm, I thought prisons were supposed to take care of the prisoners basic health care needs? This seems like it would fall into that category.

 

[DrLeftover]

But remember. Inmates in state prisons have sued because they were denied 'chunky peanut butter'.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Maybe a weekly pedicure and massage also for the poor mistreated FELON! He committed the crime and now he has to deal with all the misery that comes with jail.

 

[DrLeftover]

Maybe a weekly pedicure and massage also for the poor mistreated FELON! He committed the crime and now he has to deal with all the misery that comes with jail.

What was that old saying.....

"don't do the crime if you can't do the time"