More than 11,000 incarcerated people in Illinois, about one-third of the prison population, have been infected by Covid-19, and 88 people have died, according to the report. A federal judge approved a consent decree in 2019 and appointed Raba, a former chief medical officer for the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, to oversee implementation of a complete overhaul of health care in the stateвЂ™s prison system.ДЄdvocates say the pandemic has exacerbated a long-standing problem of Illinois prison officials failing to inform families when their loved ones fall ill.Д«ut in a written response to the report filed in court, attorneys for the corrections department said the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic took away time from addressing the consent decree requirements, but the department вЂњhas experienced major achievements since the last monitoring reportвЂќ and вЂњwill continue to work collaboratively with the monitor.вЂќ

John Raba, since November 2019 as part of the ongoing lawsuit over the quality of health care in Illinois prisons. The report is the fourth filed by the monitor, Dr. These deficiencies have led to delays in medical treatment and even caused preventable deaths, the monitor wrote. The monitor found that prison medical units are understaffed, patient intake screenings do not fully address patientsвЂ™ medical problems or create a care plan, and the department does not review deaths in custody to identify opportunities for medical care improvement, among dozens of other issues. But health care in the stateвЂ™s prisons still falls short, and the department isnвЂ™t moving quickly enough to fix the myriad problems, according to a new report from an independent monitor. More than a decade has passed since incarcerated people filed a class action lawsuit accusing the Illinois Department of Corrections of failing to provide adequate medical care to people in custody.

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