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Can prisoners refuse medical treatment?

April 26, 2017Ethics government Law medical politics prisoners refuse treatment

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Can prisoners refuse medical treatment?

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A prisoner cannot refuse any treatment that is court-ordered (like psychiatric or substance abuse treatment). They cannot refuse any emergency or life-saving treatment (except as part of a do not resuscitate order), and they cannot refuse to be treated for anything contagious.