I am on the MAT program and was taken off of my medication after receiving a 115 incident report. I went to the DHO and beat the shot and had it expunged. Now the medical department isn’t putting me back on my MAT medications after removing me from them for the shot. However, they are putting other people on their medications — picking and choosing people. I have filed a BP8 and they keep spinning me. In their denial, they said: ” A review of your medical file was conducted. Your participation in MAT was discontinued due to violation of the guidelines in the MAT agreement you signed. As outlined in that agreement, diversion or failure to comply with required monitoring results in termination of treatment. Placement and/or reinstatement in the MAT program is not determined solely by the presence or absence of an incident report.”
Here is my BP-9: “I respectfully appeal the denial of my BP-8 request for reinstatement to the MAT program following my removal due to a diversion incident report, which was fully expunged by the DHO on, thereby vindicating me of all charges. Pursuant to BOP Program Statement 5270.09 (Inmate Discipline Program), Section 541.8(h), an expunged incident report nullifies all associated sanctions and consequences, as the findings of non-responsibility restores the inmate to pre-incident status quo ante. My expulsion from the MAT constitutes an impermissible collateral sanction, persisting post-expungement, contravening this policy and exposing me to severe medical harm.
“From a medical perspective, abrupt discontinuation of suboxone induces acute opioid withdrawal syndrome characterized by symptoms including severe pain, nausea, anxiety and an elevated risk of relapse or overdose, as documented in BOP Program Statement 6000.05 (Health Services Manual) Chapter 7 (Medication Management), which mandates continuity of care for chronic care conditions like OUD to mitigate health care risks. The BOP’s own clinical guidance for detoxification of chemically dependent inmates (FEB 2014) explicitly cautions against involuntary cessation of MAT without tapering protocols, noting that such actions can precipitate life-threatening complications, including cardiovascular stress and suicide ideation. Furthermore, the BOP memorandum on MAT for OUD (dated 10-31-2018) affirms that MAT eligibility shall not be revoked absent sustained misconduct and violations under ESTELLE v. GAMBLE 429 US 97 (1976), which prohibits deliberate indifference to serious medical/psychological needs.
“My current untreated withdrawal symptoms, exacerbated by the BOP’s failure to re-instate treatment, represents precisely such indifference as I endure unnecessary suffering due to no fault of my own. Re-instatement is not discretionary but obligatory under these policies to ensure compliance with federal standards for humane incarceration and also rehabilitation. Failure to grant relief, perpetuates an erroneous punitive measure, undermining the integrity of the Disciplinary Process and also my rehabilitation rights, It is apparent from the evidence presented that such denial represents a clear retaliatory action by FCI medical staff in response to my assertion of my administrative remedy rights.”
I have tried to approach the assistant HSA at mainline, the assistant warden and the warden to no avail. They keep saying I am scheduled to discuss my issues with a provider, but the nurse from the pharmacy says I have nothing scheduled.
There are a lot of people dealing with the same problem here at HAZELTON FCI. They took my friend off the program just for thinking he diverted, and when they embarrassed him by strip searching him, they found nothing, Yet they still took him off of the program, with no shot or anything, and denied his BP-9.