25 October 2012 Last updated at 10:43 ET <\/p>\n
Campaigners who claim keeping a disabled man in a London prison will shorten his life have staged a protest outside the Ministry of Justice. <\/p>\n
Daniel Roque Hall, 30, was jailed in July after admitting trying to smuggle cocaine worth more than 300,000 in his wheelchair from Peru through Heathrow. <\/p>\n
He was sent to Wormwood Scrubs, but suffered heart failure within weeks. <\/p>\n
The Ministry of Justice said it ensured that all prisoners had the same access to NHS services as everyone else. <\/p>\n
An application for a judicial review regarding his case was rejected by a judge at the High Court last week. <\/p>\n
Mr Hall who has Friedreich's ataxia, which causes loss of physical co-ordination, remains in hospital. <\/p>\n
He has impaired speech, diabetes and a weakened heart, and was being cared for round-the-clock before he was sent to prison. <\/p>\n
The judge who sentenced Mr Hall to three-and-a-half years in prison at Isleworth Crown Court asked Wormwood Scrubs for an assurance that it could meet all his medical needs. <\/p>\n
The prison said it could. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
View original post here: 25 October 2012 Last updated at 10:43 ET Campaigners who claim keeping a disabled man in a London prison will shorten his life have staged a protest outside the Ministry of Justice. Daniel Roque Hall, 30, was jailed in July after admitting trying to smuggle cocaine worth more than 300,000 in his wheelchair from Peru through Heathrow. He was sent to Wormwood Scrubs, but suffered heart failure within weeks. The Ministry of Justice said it ensured that all prisoners had the same access to NHS services as everyone else. An application for a judicial review regarding his case was rejected by a judge at the High Court last week. Mr Hall who has Friedreich's ataxia, which causes loss of physical co-ordination, remains in hospital. He has impaired speech, diabetes and a weakened heart, and was being cared for round-the-clock before he was sent to prison. The judge who sentenced Mr Hall to three-and-a-half years in prison at Isleworth Crown Court asked Wormwood Scrubs for an assurance that it could meet all his medical needs. The prison said it could. Continue reading
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