Prison in California, the U.S. Alleged Acts Or Neuter Sterilization of Hundreds of Female Inmates?!

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California, Prison in California, the U.S. alleged acts or neuter sterilization of hundreds of female inmates. Surprisingly, the decision was taken without the consent of the prisoner, even without the permission of the state. The case is currently under investigation officer.

According to the Center for Investigative Reporting, the forced sterilization acts occurred in 2006-2010. There are at least 148 women inmates in California who underwent tubectomy and estimated there are about 100 more who already live in the 1990s.

A document database containing medical services contract for state prisoners explained that from 1997 to 2010, the state pays doctors of U.S. $ 147,460 or approximately USD 1.46 billion for the procedure.

There are 2 institutions has begun and is suspected of committing such practices, the California Institution for Women in Corona and Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla prison who is now a man. Surprisingly, there are female prisoners who undergo the surgery while pregnant.

Former inmates and officers reported that the prison medical staff to target women who are considered to have the possibility to come back again later jailed. A former staff who worked at the prison hospital in 2007 named Crystal Nguyen (28) claim often heard to ask the medical staff out of jail inmates are to be sterilized.

One former inmate at Valley State also confirmed it. Christina Cordero (34) were imprisoned for 2 years for theft of this car gave birth to a boy in October 2006. He said that the OB-GYN physician named Dr. James Heinrich repeatedly forced him to undergo tubectomy.

"As soon as he knew that I had 5 children, he suggested that I want to live it. Closer to my release date, the more she talked about it. He made me feel like a bad mother if I do not do it," said Cordero as reported NewSer, Tuesday (09/07/2013).

Cordero was released in 2008 and now lives in Upland, California. He would eventually undergo tubectomy, even though she wished never did. Similar practices have actually been done about 50 years ago for inmates, mentally ill patients and poor people in California, but was officially banned in 1979.

When dikonirmasi, Dr. Heinrich (69) said that he was providing services to poor women who face health risks in subsequent pregnancies because once a cesarean section. He denied forcing anyone and said he was surprised when the doctor told peg the cost to perform the operation.

One manager of Valley State Prison in 2005 - 2008, Daun Martin, responded that the operation is empowering for women prisoners. But it admitted giving the same options as free women in general.

Martin, who is a licensed psychologist is also claimed that some women, especially those addicted to drugs or homeless, tend to accidentally get pregnant and then commit a crime so they can get back to the jail to get better health care.

"Did I criticize the women who manipulate the system because they are pregnant? Of course not. But I do not think it should happen. And I want to find ways to reduce them," said Martin.

He also denied having approved the tubectomy operation on female prisoners, but the document says there are at least 60 tubectomy procedures performed at Valley State when Martin served there. His partner in prison California Institution for Women, Dr. Jacqueline Long, declined to comment.

Former prison officer in Corona, William Kelsey, said that there is disagreement among the staff for implementing such procedures. Some officers disagreed with the medical team for treatment of tubal ligation is considered unimportant, and questioned why the state should pay for it.