The Prison Torture in America

The author wrote an informative book about the injustices experienced by those in American prisons. The author laid out the facts in a way that truly made the reader feel for these people.

The Prison Torture in America: Shocking Tales from the Inside

This is the author’s book from the time he went to prison after he says he was framed by the government. While he was there, he saw many instances of prisoners that were denied basic healthcare he says, and after seeing some egregious cases he felt he had to try to document it. He shares the stories he got from inside, 15 cases of prisoners who were tortured by being refused for long periods of time to have the health care they needed. You may find it shocking, I know I did. We are always hearing about inmates getting free medical care, maybe having to request it and having to wait a bit for it, but getting it. From what he learned during his time inside, the other prisoners told him that they have long been deprived of medical care, and he found a few that would talk to him on the record, using an alias here.

The games he says that are played with the request forms in these cases seemed to be endless in order to put them off indefinitely while they often become more and more ill. It wasn’t just the occasional odd case either, it was 9 out of 10. It also seemed to have an auto-fail feature built in that if they got too far up the chain and got too close to getting their request met. Sometimes they were kept waiting so long that they were nearly beyond help. An eye-opening read about how widespread it is through the prison system from his research talking with prisoners who have been in and out of prisons all over the country for decades.

It is like a second more brutal punishment you get if you were unlucky enough to become ill or have health problems. You’d learn that you didn’t even have basic human rights to health care, no matter how hard you begged, explained, or suffered. A very worthwhile read. There is also a companion book titled “Prison Papers” that has all of the documentation backing up the stories in this book that he collected by mailing them out to secure addresses while he was in the prison. This should be read by anyone who has an interest in penal institutions, or has any kind of connection with them, even if it’s just from paying taxes. My thanks for the advance electronic copy that was provided by NetGalley, author Paul Singh, and the publisher for my fair review.

I want to thank NetGalley and Science Literacy Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book for my honest opinion.
Paul Singh went behind the walls of a state penitentiary to give the public a better view of the health care that the prisoners were given.
He went undercover and spoke with 15 prisoners to get their own personal view about their health care. Especially those who have been diagnosed with a life changing medical condition. One that requires medication to survive.
Paul found that prisoners were being denied basic Healthcare and they had no rights whatsoever. No one listened to them. Even when it was evident that there were in dire need of medical care. They were ignored.
One prisoner was going into a diabetic seizure because he was not getting his insulin. His sugar was at 400, the nurse said that they called the ambulance.. Two hours later still no ambulance. One other prisoner had a glucose tablet and assisted the sick one.
Are the prisons trying to kill the prisoners??
They do deserve health care even if they are mass murders. They do have some rights and that is one of them.
We need to get on the ball and start looking into the health care system and the people who work in it behind the messinine wire and the lookout towers!!!

This copy was torturous and extremely bad
I didn’t enjoy it as it was difficult for read
It was some times to read and another time
Not .

Paul Singh gives us an inside look at the atrocious conditions that some of these prisoners go through on a daily basis, as far as their health is concerned. He worked alongside 15 other prisoners to get their accounts on the extreme and disheartening conditions they suffered in the hands of prison staff, both guards and medical staff. Singh goes on to discuss and describe the many times prisoners put in requests to be seen as an emergency because of their medical conditions and the countless times they were ignored or given false promises of immediate medical attention. A lot of the times these conditions got even worse and a lot of them on the brink of death, if not already dead because of the neglectful conditions they were left in. I know it’s a touchy subject for some that prisoners get rights in prisons because obviously, a lot of people think that they should be punished and have EVERYTHING taken away from them. Sometimes I myself am on the fence about this topic at times. Now I will say, I have no sympathy nor support murderers, rapists, child abusers, or animal abusers point blank! I believe they deserve the worse, however, the other prisoners who have committed smaller crimes, that actually have a chance to go back out into the real world and rehabilitate themselves shouldn’t be denied proper medical care or other prisoner rights. Its pretty disgusting and mind boggling how prison officials make it their business to destroy documentation of these prisoners so they won’t get in trouble with the higher ups or them just plain being evil and devious. I believe these issues need to be addressed more, and more has to be done in this prisons to make sure everyone is getting their proper medication or at least something close to it. This book is an eye-opener and I recommend everyone to read it.
I want to thank NetGalley for the opportunity of giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review on this book. Looking forward to my next read.

I’ve always enjoyed reading books like this. This book gave you the authors viewpoint as well as actual prisoners. It was eye opening to say the least. I think most people shed a blind eye to these types of things, but it’s jmportant that we see the truth. Read it!

I read "Just Mercy" a few years ago. When discussing that book, Singh's book was introduced to the conversation by a colleague. I was thrilled to download this book in order to get Singh's take on the prison experience. This book is gritty and doesn't pull any punches. Singh speaks eloquently and effectively on the corruption and corrosion of the prison system and it's blatant abuses. I recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn about the judicial system in the US.

As someone with a great interest in prison reform (UK) I always like to read about prisons in other countries. It’s not a nice, or easy read but it’s a story that must be heard. Paul Singh has done a great job of bringing the shockingly cruel injustices of the American prison system to light. His own personal story of how he came to be in prison is frightening and should be a stark warning that it could happen to anyone. Extremely interesting and insightful book.