DEVELOPING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
JUDGE MOORE, STILL AHEAD.
LAST WEEK, OREGON STATE POLICE
REPORTED THE DEATH OF A WOMAN IN
CURRY COUNTY JAIL.
THEY SAY CADDAI BOND WAS
DETOXING FROM HEROIN USE WHEN
SHE DIED.
IT'S JUST THE LATEST IN A STRING
OF HEROIN-RELATED DEATHS BEHIND
BARS THAT'S RAISING ALARM WITH
ADVOCATES.
THEY WORRY IT'LL HAPPEN MORE
WITH THE NATION'S GROWING HEROIN
CRISIS.
JEFF: NOW THE PROBLEM HAS LED TO
SEVERAL LAWSUITS.
ONE OF THEM, FILED HERE IN
PORTLAND BY A FAMILY THAT
BELIEVES THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE
LOST THEIR DAUGHTER.
OUR TIM BECKER HAS MORE ON HER
CASE AND OTHERS, PART OF THE
DISTURBING TREND OF DEATH BY
DETOX BEHIND BARS.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE NOT
HELPING SOMEONE WHEN THEY'RE
PLEADING FOR HELP.
HE BASICALLY ADDRESSED ME
RIGHT AWAY AND SAID THAT MY
DAUGHTER HAD COLLAPSED AND DIED,
AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO REVIVE
HER.
TIM: THIS IS 26-YEAR-OLD
MADALINE PITKIN.
3.5 YEARS AGO, APPROACHING JAIL
STAFF FOR HELP, WHILE SUFFERING
FROM HEROIN DETOXIFICATION.
SEVEN DAYS AFTER SHE WAS
ADMITTED TO THE WASHINGTON
COUNTY JAIL, HER LIFE ENDED
INSIDE OF HER CELL.
HER ORGANS STOPPED WORKING,
HER HEART STOPPED, AND SHE DIED
ON A JAIL CELL FLOOR.
TIM: TWO YEARS AGO IN COLORADO,
TYLER TABOR WAS ALSO FIGHTING
ADDICTION.
TYLER PASSED AWAY IN JAIL.
TIM: -- WHEN HE DIED BEHIND
BARS.
TO DIE LIKE A DOG IN A JAIL
CELL WHEN YOU HAVE FAMILY THAT
LOVES YOU, WHEN YOU ARE SO
EASILY TREATED, IS SIMPLY AN
OUTRAGE.
ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF
DETOXIFICATION FROM OPIOIDS, IN
PARTICULAR, HEROIN, IS
DEHYDRATION, AND IF DEHYDRATION
IS NOT PROPERLY MANAGED, IT CAN
RESULT IN DEATH.
TIM: TIM JONES IS THE ATTORNEY
FOR MADALINE PITKIN'S FAMILY.
THEIR LAWSUIT LISTS WASHINGTON
COUNTY, AND TENNESSEE-BASED
CORIZON HEALTH, THE COUNTY'S
CONTRACTED JAIL CARE PROVIDER AT
THE TIME, AMONG THE DEFENDANTS.
THE SUIT SHOWS HOW PITKIN MADE
FOUR WRITTEN REQUESTS FOR HELP,
BECAUSE SYMPTOMS FROM HEROIN
WITHDRAWAL, VOMITING AND
DIARRHEA, WERE SEVERELY
DEHYDRATING HER.
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO KEEP
FOODS, LIQUIDS OR MEDS DOWN IN
DAYS.
I FEEL LIKE I'M VERY CLOSE TO
DEATH.
I CAN'T HEAR, I CAN'T SEE, I'M
HEARING VOICES.
PLEASE HELP ME.
I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE PEOPLE
THAT ARE SO HEARTLESS.
THEY MAYBE DON'T VIEW PRISONERS
AS PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW.
THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH
DEHYDRATION UNDER THESE KINDS OF
CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD HAVE BEEN AN
I.V., AND IT WASN'T GIVEN.
I'VE HAD CASE AFTER CASE
WHERE PRIVATE MEDICAL CARE
PROVIDERS IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE
$20 DON'T GIVE SOMEBODY
PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE, AND THEY
DIE.
MEET CORIZON, THE COUNTRY'S
LARGEST PRISON HEALTH CARE
COMPANY.
TIM: BOTH THE PITKIN AND TABOR
LAWSUITS ALLEGE THAT CORIZON
FAILED TO PROVIDE TIMELY AND
COMPLETE MEDICAL CARE.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS TABOR
STRUGGLING ON HIS KNEES, RINGING
A BUTTON FOR HELP AFTER EARLIER
ASKING FOR AN I.V.
COURT DOCUMENTS SAY HE DIED JUST
A FEW HOURS LATER, AND THAT HIS
DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY AND
COMPLETELY PREVENTED BY THE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
THEIR ATTITUDE IS, THESE GUYS
ARE PRISONERS, WHO REALLY CARES?
THERE DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ANY
COMPASSION AT ALL.
TIM: RESPONDING TO OUR STORY,
CORIZON HEALTH SAYS, THE
ALLEGATIONS BEING MADE ABOUT
THEIR POLICIES REGARDING CARE
ARE SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS DETOXING.
THEY ADD, IT DEFIES LOGIC THAT
WE WOULD RISK MULTI-MILLION
DOLLAR JUDGMENTS OR SETTLEMENTS
OVER RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE
TREATMENTS OR HOSPITALIZATIONS.
WE LOVED HER VERY MUCH.
TIM: MADALINE'S FAMILY WAS NEVER
ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HER
INSIDE THE JAIL.
A LETTER THEY WROTE, SENT BACK,
BECAUSE IT LACKED A COMPLETE
RETURN ADDRESS.
AND NOW, LEFT ONLY WITH
MEMORIES, AND PAIN.
THEY'RE HOPING LEGAL ACTION
HELPS STOP NEEDLESS DEATH BY
DETOXIFICATION.
THE HOPE IS THAT THERE'LL BE
CHANGES IN COUNTIES LIKE
WASHINGTON COUNTY, OR CHANGES
WITH COMPANIES LIKE CORIZON THAT
WILL PREVENT OTHER FAMILIES FROM
ENDURING A LOSS LIKE WHAT THE
PITKIN FAMILY HAS.
TIM: BOTH THE PITKIN AND TABOR
CASES ARE ON TARGET FOR TRIAL