Alabama: Save Money by letting prisoners die from curable illnesses.

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/alabama-jailers-let-prisoners-die-easily-treatable-illnesses-save-money?akid=12380.294211.vHUzxg&rd=1&src=newsletter1023836&t=23

Three lawsuits recently filed in federal court accuse the state of Alabama of denying prisoners with easily treatable illnesses or injuries proper medical care resulting in the prisoner’s death.
According to  AL.com, the lawsuits have been filed over the deaths of three inmates, including a 19-year-old who died naked on a cell floor from gangrene.
The three suits allege the jailers in Madison County withhold the basic medical care in order to save money, believing that the insurance carried by the out-sourced medical contractor will cover any lawsuits filed against them.