Eric McDavid Extremely Sick, Denied Access to Doctors

After over 100 days of incarceration Eric McDavid has finally received his first vegan meal. His first meal was 2 peanut butter sandwiches, vegetables cooked plain, plain rice, fruit,carrot sticks, and a salad! After weeks of sickness his health has finally started to improve. He was finally seen by a doctor as well(that did little other than take his blood and urine). He has received vegan food since April 24th. His lawyers are still working to get some garauntee that he will continue to be provided vegan food. He is doing much better now that he can finally eat. After months of struggle this is a big victory for Eric and his supporters. We will continue to monitor and report on the situation to help ensure that Eric continues to be given nutritious vegan food.

someone should file a writ of habeus corpus on his behalf. California Code of Regulations Title 15 cover the inmates rights. File a writ and let the judge decide whether the jail is correct or incorrect. see artilce below:

Marin judge rips state over care of mentally ill prisoners
Nancy Isles Nation


Judge Boren (IJ archive)

A Marin judge said excessive delays in placing mentally ill inmates in state hospitals are unacceptable, but stopped short of threatening state officials with a contempt order.Marin Superior Court Judge Terrence Boren said Tuesday that in his 32 years on the bench, he has never seen such a backlog of defendants declared incompetent to stand trial awaiting state mental hospital beds.Once a defendant has been declared unable to comprehend legal proceedings, the state is required to place the individual in a mental health facility and provide treatment to prepare the individual for court.In a hearing Tuesday, Deputy Public Defender Linda Kramer asked the court for a hearing to assess the costs of housing inmates in the jail while they waited - sometimes months - to be moved. Kramer said the state should be responsible for costs once the incompetency ruling has been issued.Defense attorneys said that mentally ill patients were in locked cells 23 hours a day and only one nurse was available to administer medicins - and that was only to inmates who were willing to take them.Kramer said that many mentally ill clients have behavioral problems that are exacerbated by lack of treatment - and that often gets them into more legal trouble.She noted that the county picks up thousands of dollars in costs for psychological and psychiatric examinations to make findings of incompetency and to have medication prescribed.Kramer argued that a psychological diagnosis should not be treated differently than a medical diagnosis. "It's no different than a diabetic needing care," Kramer said.Of the six cases that were discussed in a hearing last week, Boren said each defendant