Heaven forbid they complain about waiting when many law abiding citizens can't even get dental care for their children or themselves. The taxpayers are getting gipped big time between convicted criminals and poligs feeding from the trough

WOW ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT IS ONE HOT DEPUTY!!!

Why is their health a matter for taxpayers in the first place? IF they want their tooth fixed, they ought to be paying for it!

Whose problem is it that they are in jail, anyway? Ours, or theirs? Ansswer: It is THEIR problem!!!

A surprising number of people who are jailed never get convicted of anything and thus are, for purposes of this discussion, law-abiding.

Depriving a person who is incarcerated of adequate medical care would be considered a violation of Constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment and the taxpayers would undoubtedly face lawsuit after lawsuit, both at state and federal levels. Providing adequate medical care is both fiscally and morally the responsible, and ethical, thing to do.

have adequate medical care. Our county jail has no medical care on site at all. The "medical officer" is not trained, or might have taken a 1st aide class, but there is no Dr. or nurse on staff. When my husband was incarcerated for 6 months last year, he had to be taken to the ER with severe breathing problems from an attack of hives. Of course, it cost us about $200, but I'm glad they did take him. They had just changed medical officers, and I am certain the previous one would not have taken him. That officer's "treatment" for one inmate's badly broken toe was to yank on it and tape it to the next toe. No X-ray or visit to the Dr. Any medical care done here is done at the Dr's or Dentist's office, at full price to the inmate, or inmate's family. Same with medications. I had to take my husband's prescription medication to him at the jail, and sometimes he did not receive it as he should. Those inmates in jails where there is good service are fortunate indeed.

It would be great if Greg Skords would take a break from his successful private practice and run for the Salt Lake County District Attorney (either politicl party!). I noted that Lohra Miller has a fundraising golf match scheduled for the first of June -- her re-election would be tragic for Salt Lake County. The Republican Party is grossly negligent in supporting her as a canditate for her re-election. Greg is an exceptional attorney who has so much broad experience and depth in his years of public and private practice, both the civil end as well as, of course, the criminal prosecution side. I think his election to office would be a relief to most of the existing employees, and would bring credibility back to the office.