Sure, in New Mexico there are routinely lawsuits against the state and county’s for completely ignoring inmates’ communicated medical needs (or worse).
Amnesty International campaign against this and are currently calling for the release of ICE detainees.
Judging by a skim of their releases even those obviously gasping for air don’t necessarily get the care they need. It’s a truely massive system which in itself is part of the problem, though the exceptionally low bar for the care of prisoners is Amnesty’s primary angle.
This is absolutely my reading. That someone is not really observing or listening to prisoner symptoms with much care either because of distrust between the prisoner and the medical technicians or because prisoners receive such poor care.
