HE HAS SERIOUS OPPOSITION, TOO!
“...Today, Daniels has been forced to live in a hospital cell in complete isolation. His only visitors are medical staff. Sheriff's deputies have taken away his television, his radio, his phone and his computer. He's under 24-hour surveillance. The light in his room is never turned off, even at night. His only contact with the outside world is a pay phone….”
The punch line? Well, it seems as though Robert Daniels’ was misdiagnosed. Had Sheriff Joe allowed the man to receive normal medical attention and humane treatment, this would have been avoided. The problem is the Constitution doesn’t matter to Sheriff Joe. Neither does humane treatment of prisoners. This isn't a conservative issue or a liberal issue. It is an issue about competency and outright human decency. If Arpaio did not know how badly this man was being treated, then he should start cleaning house and get rid of the people who were responsible for this abject disaster.
I love it when Joe Arapio looks bad. Sorry, but that’s my opinion. This time he’s literally lost a high profile inmate, Robert Daniels, who absconded to Russia to get away from the long arm of the High Sheriff and get treatment for TB. Or – another mis-diagnosed case? The more you think about this case the worse it looks. What Arpaio allowed to be done to this man either through abject incompetence or complete lack of concern is deplorable and should be considered actionable.
Blogger News Network
“…Robert Daniels the 27, year old tuberculosis patient held for months in a room draped to block out the sun and denied appropriate treatment by sheriff Joe Arpaio. Untill mounting National media pressure forced county health officials to allow travel for medical treatment in Colorado has fled to Russia, unable to “take the abuse” any more, his lawyer reported.
Declared by Maricopa county Arizona health officials to be suffering from a deadly drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis Sheriff Arpaio placed him in solitary confinement in a Maricopa county jail ward in August 2006…Daniels who faced becoming one of many in a long list of inmates who die while in the Sheriff’s custody. Avoided a lingering death when the national media attention focused on an Atlanta lawyer suffering a similar condition….Fearing the potential of losing another multimillion dollar lawsuit related to the sheriffs ongoing pattern of human rights violations. The county over the sheriffs objection permitted Daniels to travel under armed guard to Colorado for medical treatment. The Sheriff in interviews after ward expressed the attitude that somehow Daniels was responsible for the negative national publicity and vowed to find a reason to place the Russian born American back in his jail.
… It is also reliably reported by Doctors in Colorado who treated Daniels that Arizona county medical authorities misdiagnosed Daniels to begin with and he in fact did not suffer from the deadly type of T.B which the sheriff claimed justified his solitary confinement. Had the sheriff simply allowed medical staff at the county hospital to give Daniels appropriate medical care he might still have both lungs….”
From the AZ Central Declared by Maricopa county Arizona health officials to be suffering from a deadly drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis Sheriff Arpaio placed him in solitary confinement in a Maricopa county jail ward in August 2006…Daniels who faced becoming one of many in a long list of inmates who die while in the Sheriff’s custody. Avoided a lingering death when the national media attention focused on an Atlanta lawyer suffering a similar condition….Fearing the potential of losing another multimillion dollar lawsuit related to the sheriffs ongoing pattern of human rights violations. The county over the sheriffs objection permitted Daniels to travel under armed guard to Colorado for medical treatment. The Sheriff in interviews after ward expressed the attitude that somehow Daniels was responsible for the negative national publicity and vowed to find a reason to place the Russian born American back in his jail.
… It is also reliably reported by Doctors in Colorado who treated Daniels that Arizona county medical authorities misdiagnosed Daniels to begin with and he in fact did not suffer from the deadly type of T.B which the sheriff claimed justified his solitary confinement. Had the sheriff simply allowed medical staff at the county hospital to give Daniels appropriate medical care he might still have both lungs….”
“…"Robert is helpless," she said. "And he's at the mercy of Sheriff Joe Arpaio. He needs as much support as possible, and the ACLU is supplying that support." Arpaio said Daniels must abide by security measures. "I run a safe jail, and he's going to be treated like anyone else," he said. Daniels, who holds dual United States and Russian citizenship, moved to Arizona in January 2006 after contracting extreme multi-drug-resistant (XDR) TB. Daniels, who spent his teen years in Scottsdale, said he returned to the U.S. in search of work and a college education. Months later, he became severely ill and was placed in a county sanitarium for indigent TB patients. Dr. Maricela Moffitt, a county physician, has testified that Daniels willfully failed to take his medications, decreasing the likelihood that last-chance drugs would cure his deadly disease. Moreover, Moffitt said, Daniels endangered others by going out in public and entertaining visitors without wearing a mask. Arpaio said his office is reviewing possible criminal charges against Daniels. Daniels has insisted that he did not understand the contagiousness or gravity of his condition, in part because TB patients in Russia do not wear masks. Daniels also has said he missed taking medications a few times because he overslept, not intentionally. In August, a Maricopa County Superior Court commissioner ordered Daniels placed under involuntary quarantine. The jail ward at Maricopa Medical Center is considered the only Valley facility equipped for such confinement. According to court records, Daniels has spent much of his time in custody without a phone, TV, radio, shower or hot water. Earlier this week, Daniels said he was told that his TB bacteria may be developing resistance to all antibiotics, and a portion of his lungs might require surgical removal. He said he was advised to write letters to his child in Moscow so the boy would have communication before his father's death. Cosme described Daniels as extremely depressed and fragile due to isolation and stress. She said the ACLU will soon file motions seeking an expedited hearing and an injunction to immediately improve Daniels' treatment….”
Unacceptable treatment.
Democracy Now
“…FORMER MARICOPA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER WORKER: He says he cries a lot, says he's very depressed. You have to understand that he is in what, for all practical purposes, is in solitary confinement. He is in a room in the hospital that, number one, has no hot water, has no privacy, has no natural lights. The windows are blocked. He has no visitation. He can make calls, but who can afford to accept their collect calls? At 4:00, they turn the telephone on. He doesn't really have magazines. If he does, it's rare. He doesn't have TV. He does not have a radio. So all he has is the quietness of the room and then the nurses coming in when they bring him his medicine. He cannot take a shower. There are no showers right now. There are no showers on the floor. But he has not had a shower since January. So he gets nothing for personal hygiene other than a basin of water and some, you know, washcloths. So he's unable to shampoo his hair, because the faucet in a detention unit is very small, and, of course, with no warm water in there, he can't shampoo anyway….”
NOTE: I don’t like Joe Arapio. I think he is an incompetent bully. That said, I am going to try an attempt to be ‘fair and balanced. I think the best way, once I get into his re-election campaign, is to turn it over to the Sonoran Alliance and let them defend him. Red State Arizona
The Feathered Bastard, rapidly becoming one of our favorite liberal spots, loves to take on Sheriff Joe. Don Saban has recently announced he will be running against Sheriff Joe this year. The Feathered Bastard has a juicy interview with Rick Romley about Saban, the last election, and more failings of Sheriff Joe.
“…Is Arpaio bad for public safety?
I don’t think he’s the right person for the sheriff’s office. I’ve had my personal disagreements with him. Well, "professional disagreements" is a better term. The [Scott] Norberg case and so forth. I think it would serve our community very well for there to be a change in office.Note: Norberg was an MCSO inmate who died in custody. His family sued and eventually scored an $8.25 million settlement.] Was the way Saban was trashed in ’04 by Arpaio’s side a factor in your endorsement? Quite honestly, I was aware of it. I didn’t know the intimate details. Being trashed though is just one of the considerations I put into my decision-making process. I’ve seen quite a bit of that out of the sheriff’s office in the past. Whenever there’s an opponent against Joe Arpaio, Joe gets mad. Joe Arpaio’s very angry and if you look at all his press conferences and releases, he’s mad anytime anybody says something [about him]. He’s taken it out personally, whether it was the Norberg family where they lost a son, calling him a drug addict, almost like he deserved to die. He seemed to me to be very cavalier about it. And there are other times where that occurred. Although it was a factor, it wasn’t a primary factor….”
I don’t think he’s the right person for the sheriff’s office. I’ve had my personal disagreements with him. Well, "professional disagreements" is a better term. The [Scott] Norberg case and so forth. I think it would serve our community very well for there to be a change in office.Note: Norberg was an MCSO inmate who died in custody. His family sued and eventually scored an $8.25 million settlement.] Was the way Saban was trashed in ’04 by Arpaio’s side a factor in your endorsement? Quite honestly, I was aware of it. I didn’t know the intimate details. Being trashed though is just one of the considerations I put into my decision-making process. I’ve seen quite a bit of that out of the sheriff’s office in the past. Whenever there’s an opponent against Joe Arpaio, Joe gets mad. Joe Arpaio’s very angry and if you look at all his press conferences and releases, he’s mad anytime anybody says something [about him]. He’s taken it out personally, whether it was the Norberg family where they lost a son, calling him a drug addict, almost like he deserved to die. He seemed to me to be very cavalier about it. And there are other times where that occurred. Although it was a factor, it wasn’t a primary factor….”
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