The prisoner was seriously ill while serving his sentence in prison ~! Is the prison responsible for treatment?

Because the prison is not a social welfare institution, if the prisoner is seriously ill, he must be guarded by his family, and the seriously ill prisoner can apply for medical parole. When the treatment is approved by the labor reform organ, the family members shall be responsible for the medical expenses.

For those prisoners who have no family members or poor family conditions and have difficulty in paying, from a humanitarian point of view, prisons will also seek help, such as contacting the Ministry of Justice or the Civil Affairs Bureau to get help money, helping families in need, and actively treating seriously ill prisoners. In short, there will be no abandonment.

Extended information (related laws and regulations)

prison law

Article 17 A prison shall conduct a physical examination of criminals who have been handed over for execution. After examination, a criminal sentenced to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment shall not be put into prison for the time being under any of the following circumstances:

(a) there is a serious illness that requires medical parole;

(2) Women who are pregnant or nursing babies.

Criminals listed in the preceding paragraph who are temporarily not in prison shall be temporarily executed outside prison by the people's court that handed them over for execution. If the temporary execution outside prison is socially dangerous, it shall be put in prison for execution. A criminal who is temporarily executed outside prison shall be executed by the public security organ at his place of residence. After the circumstances listed in the preceding paragraph disappear, the criminal whose original sentence has not been completed shall be put into prison by the public security organ.

? Article 54 A prison shall set up medical institutions and sanitary facilities, and establish a sanitary system for prisoners. The medical care of criminals is included in the health and epidemic prevention plan of the prison area.

Article 55 If a prisoner dies while serving his sentence, the prison shall immediately notify the prisoner's family, the people's procuratorate and the people's court. If a prisoner dies of illness, the prison shall conduct medical appraisal. If the people's procuratorate has doubts about the medical appraisal of a prison, it may conduct a new appraisal of the cause of death. If the family members of criminals have questions, they may raise them with the people's procuratorate. If a criminal dies abnormally, the people's procuratorate shall immediately examine him and make an appraisal of the cause of death.

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Disease is not the prisoner's "gold medal of impunity" —— China Chang 'an Net