Medical Treatment for Prisoners in the U.S. All around the United States, prisoners are not getting the adequate medical attention that they need. Although the government is providing “adequate” care for the prisoners, somehow there is still discrimination towards those who are solidarity confined. The ABA (American Bar Association) lists the Standards of Treatment of Prisoners and it would take days to look through just because everything is very precise and very laid out. They talk about how the staff must maintain professionalism at all times and cannot cut corners due to the legality matters especially in emergency situations. All inmates go through screenings to check for their mental and physical health which helps the system place the inmates in the care system. The US Bureau of Justice has consultants that educate their patients on matters of disease prevention and medications. Even the US Marshall Services has lists and files on inmates deemed on a medical necessity. All of these services though cannot take away the fact that these inmates are still not getting treated the way that need to be. It is not about what they did to get into the prison system; it is about getting equal treatment. The US National Library of Medicine and national Institutes of Health analyzed a series of chronic illnesses among the vast majority of US inmates. The results that were found concluded that many inmates with a serious chronic illness fail to receive care while incarcerated. A study conducted b7y Dr. Andrew P. Wilper concluded that, “devoted more resources to community mental health care could reduce crime rates and reduce incarceration.” Although many services are obligated under federal law to provide adequate medical services to inmates, many fail to do so. According to www.aclu.org, Arizona prison was brought to court after failing to provide adequate health for