Hey UK folks, if you would like to do something that could end up being lifesaving for an incarcerated person, a KTB anarchist named Ryan Roberts has been ill with a severe cough in HMS Swaleside for months but is not receiving any diagnosis or treatment beyond painkillers.
Ryan Roberts (Prisoner number A5155EM) needs urgent medical attention
- He has a bad cough, which has been ongoing for some months
- He has been given basic pain relief, but it hasn’t stopped the cough getting worse
- He has additional symptoms; chest tightness, breathing difficulties, and difficulty speaking, and the constant coughing keeps triggering migraines
- Ryan has the underlying condition asthma, which is likely contributing to the issue
Actions that need to be taken by HMP Swaleside
- Ryan needs to be seen immediately by a qualified medical professional to diagnose and prescribe treatment for the underlying cause of the cough
- He needs to be allowed to to receive effective treatment for the illness
- It is clear the cough is not going to resolve with simple pain relief by this time; proper diagnosis and effective treatment is needed
How you can help
- Call HMP Swaleside on 01795804100 and request to speak to an orderly officer to request Ryan receive proper diagnosis and treatment
- Call Safer Custody on 01795 804295 and explain your concerns, or leave a voicemail message after hours
- Send an email addressing HMP Swaleside Governer Lee-Ann Williams on [email protected]
- Fill in a Safer Custody Concern Form at https://www.prisonersfamilies.org/hmp-swaleside.
If you think the prisoner is at immediate risk please call the switchboard on 01795 804100 and ask for the Orderly Officer and explain that
Please put your relationship as “friend” on the form.
Access to medical treatment is a basic human right that applies to incarcerated people as much as anyone else, and someone being untreated with a respiratory illness in an incarcerated population right now is frankly very frightening.
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