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to house arrest" for a medical condition...hmmm. Local authorities immediately protested that the jail in question has a very good infirmary which treats inmates for a variety of ailments, physical and psychological, each and every day. But, let's now turn our attention to some "po' folks," as reported by the Wrongful Death and Injury Institute, who did not get to leave the lock-up in other parts of the country because of "medical" conditions:

Victor Frederick, 52, Franklin County Jail, Ohio, had a history of hypertension and diabetes. He suffered chest pain while on his 10th day in jail and died at a local hospital.

Charles Guffey, 39, lost 23 pounds in 10 days and begged for help. He was told to return to his cell and let inmate justice take its course.' He died of a perforated ulcer. Two members of the medical staff have been indicted for manslaughter in his death. He had been arrested for failing to appear in court on drug charges.

Roy Hilton, 46, Penitentiary of New Mexico in Santa Fe, died of heart failure six weeks after a doctor diagnosed an urgent need for surgery.

Lorenzo Ingram Sr., 56, St. Clair Correctional Facility, in Alabama, was one of four Alabama prisoners to die after technicians put the wrong chemical in their kidney dialysis machine.

Marvin Johnson, 28, Little Rock Arkansas, Pulaski County Jail, was denied insulin for 30 hours. Despite his pleas for help, jailers and employees of CMS denied Johnson his life-sustaining shots. Medical staff said they couldn't confirm his prescription. They accused Johnson of faking his condition'. In his 30-hour wait for insulin, he told three nurses and six sheriff's deputies that he was an insulin-dependent diabetic and needed medicine. He died of diabetic ketoacidosis. This case underscores how deadly it can be for a medical staff to wrongly accuse an inmate of malingering.

David Jones, 42, Greensville Virginia Correctional Center died of blood poisoning after a diabetic ulcer on his foot became infected.
Calvin Moore, 18 of Montgomery Alabama. "Is there a God?" Those words, spoken during a phone call from prison, were the last ones Calvin Moore's family ever heard from him. Calvin Moore wound up catatonic and lost 56 pounds after serving only a few weeks of a two-year sentence. He died after suffering severe mental illness, dehydration and starvation.

Jacqueline Reich, 40, Washoe County Detention Center, Nevada, was an insulin dependent diabetic whose diabetic diet and insulin doses were cancelled by

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