During this time, they often are reminded that deciding and submitting a guilty plea would lessen their sentence, even perhaps get them out of jail- and would remove the need to raise bail to get out of jail before trial.

Those who wait in jail are often filled with stress and hopelessness, not knowing what the outcome would be. Once arrested and waiting trial, bail is often set, requiring the now prisoner to present their own or borrowed funds to get out of prison. Gedney became aware of in the beginning of her career and continues to this day- is a legal process primarily targeting the poor. One troubling injustice we discuss which Dr. The authorities had the mindset that focused on self-protection and the protection of the prison from prisoner wrongdoing and the kind of force that would prevent that from happening, whereas Doctor G was always focused on providing them with the best medical care she could give but also with a belief in anything that would serve for prisoner rehabilitation and personal growth. In the interview, she points out the difference between the type of prison authorities who had control paramount in their minds owing to their security concerns and her own mindset as a doctor who had taken the Hippocratic Oath. The prison authorities had chosen suppression and sometimes brutality over concern for the prisoners’ inherent humanity. The problem was probably a threat of losing control. Gedney out and a sham investigation began, one complaint saying she was prejudicial towards black prisoners because her husband was black. From almost the beginning of her career, higher ups in her prison were determined to get Dr. A robust description of her life in that prison in Carson City and the positive changes she tried and often did transact successfully are recorded in her book. Her book about her experience is a powerful testimony to one woman’s dedication to patients whose lives were not often touched with either compassion or understanding.

G., who spent 30 years as the prison doctor in a prison in Nevada. This is the second of two fascinating interviews with Karen Gedney, an M.D., often called Dr.

30 Years Behind Bars by Karen Gedney