According to a lawsuit, Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail provided substandard medical care and discriminated against an autistic man who died from a treatable foot infection.
Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail, he died from what his family says was a treatable and preventable infection from a foot wound. Talotta, who had autism and developmental disabilities, had been brought to the jail after a fight with a staff member at the group home where he lived. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, Talotta's family alleges doctors and medical staff at the Allegheny County Jail provided substandard care.
Speaking to The Associated Press on Tuesday, Bernales challenged that narrative and the medical records, saying Talotta was allowed to keep the wound care supplies. He said the boot and crutches were taken away because no prisoners are allowed to have them since they could be made into weapons. 'I had planned to do the dressing changes all in house. He went to the hospital twice to receive care,' Bernales said. 'It's not like a hospital.
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