URGENT APPEAL - MEDICAL NEGLECT of IRISH PRISONER MICK HEGARTY
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Minister Michael McDowell, T.D.,
MINISTER FOR JUSTICE,
EQUALITY AND LAW REFORM
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
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Information updated: Monday, July 19, 2004
| Minister Michael McDowell, T.D., MINISTER FOR JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND LAW REFORM Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform 72-76 St. Stephen's Green Dublin 2 Dear Minister Michael McDowell; I am writing to register my great concern for the continuing imprisonment of Mick Hegarty at Portlaoise Prison. I am aware that Mr. Hegarty, who is age 51, is gravely ill and should not be in prison at all. Visitors have told me that he is extremely emaciated and must feed himself through a tube for EIGHTEEN (18) hours a day in very unsanitary conditions. I am aware that he has had surgery this month to implant new feeding tube in his stomach. His doctors outside have warned him that he must gain several stone immediately or face severe endangerment to his chances of survival. Under the present conditions it seems very clear that this man should not be in prison at all. Please grant Mick Hegarty compassionate release to finish his sentence at home, where he might have a better chance at a full
recovery. Please don’t allow another prisoner to die needlessly in an
Irish prison – please remember Kevin Murray and the needless suffering
and untimely death he suffered after many months of medical neglect at Portlaoise Prison. |