how do you sue the prison service

[oscartony]

after spending a month in jail with a broken leg (done before entering) and made to dwell in a cell 2 stories up and needing to cope with the stairs at least 3 times a day for meals would this be grounds for suing the prison? several equest were made for ground floor relocation but never happened due to lack of space.

[Ethel]

Please don't.

The Prison Service does not have any money in its own right - it is tax payers money.

And I don't want to compensate you.

[naz_nomad]

Maybe if you weren't a criminal, .... did you think about that?

[kazza12345]

If you couldn't manage the stairs at all they would have brought your meals to you i siuspect. Look at it like this: it was free physiotherapy for you on a daily basis

[oscartony]

i think you've all misread the question, i asked how to do it and secondly did i say it was referring to myself, look before you leap..

[kazza12345]

okj, well the person who you are talking about should look at it as free physiotherapy, three times a day for a month then!
Seriously, if there wasn't room to move to a lower cell, then i cant really see the person you are reffering to has any course for a claim .. if there was lack of space, there was lack of space ... after all, it's hardly a hotel where the person could specify where they want their cell. The only thing i can see is that if the having to go up and down stairs three times a day actually made the leg not heal, or left the person with a permanent disability then it might be cause for complaint.... however, i hope the prison service would sue the individual right back for bed and board for a month which she or he didn't have to pay. As regards to how you would go about it ... i would suggest talking to a solicitor

[rugeleyboy]

ffs!!!!

[Fulton]

I hate to say this, but you possibly have grounds to complain, if you came in with a leg in plaster, I think that you should have been 'locate flat, or level'.
However, on initial reception, you would have seen medical staff, and they would have assessed your needs.
The argument over lack of space cuts no ice, as people come and go all the time, and someone could have been told to move cell for you.

[tim2969]

It wasn't an Hotel matey I hope it hurt more nasty lilttle criminal types