{"id":24648,"date":"2024-12-19T05:01:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T11:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=24648"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:39:14","slug":"barreras-linguisticas-atencion-sanitaria-prision-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2024\/12\/19\/language-barriers-health-care-prison-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Las barreras ling\u00fc\u00edsticas de la atenci\u00f3n sanitaria en prisi\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69f5b5dd43e3d\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><i>Este art\u00edculo se ha publicado en colaboraci\u00f3n con <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/prisonjournalismproject.org\/\"><i>Proyecto de periodismo penitenciario<\/i><\/a><i>una organizaci\u00f3n nacional sin \u00e1nimo de lucro que forma en periodismo a escritores encarcelados y publica sus trabajos. Suscr\u00edbase al bolet\u00edn de PJP <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/prisonjournalismproject.org\/inside-story\"><i>bolet\u00edn<\/i><\/a><i>s\u00edguelos en <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/prisonjournalism\/?hl=en\"><i>Instagram<\/i><\/a><i> o con\u00e9ctese con ellos en <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/prisonjournalism\"><i>LinkedIn<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&quot;\u00a1Neto! \u00a1Ay\u00fadame a escribir una nota para la enfermer\u00eda!&quot; grita el se\u00f1or Jos\u00e9 a trav\u00e9s del\nagujero alambrado de la puerta de mi celda, que apesta a \u00f3xido cuando te acercas demasiado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me pide que le escriba una nota de solicitud para visitar la enfermer\u00eda. Claro que s\u00ed puedo,\nrespondo. &quot;Claro que s\u00ed puedo.&quot;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La asistencia de traducci\u00f3n es crucial para las personas encarceladas que hablan\ningl\u00e9s como segundo idioma o no lo hablan en absoluto. Muchos hispanohablantes\ndentro de mi prisi\u00f3n de Illinois creen que sus identidades les impiden recibir atenci\u00f3n\nm\u00e9dica adecuada.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f5b5dd4542f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f5b5dd45fba\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f5b5dd46665\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hay que hacer algo al respecto. Como mexicano-estadounidense biling\u00fce de primera\ngeneraci\u00f3n, ofrezco asistencia ling\u00fc\u00edstica a todos los hispanohablantes que necesiten\nayuda. La comunicaci\u00f3n en materia de atenci\u00f3n sanitaria es un gran problema. A\nmenudo, la gente necesita ayuda para escribir hojas de solicitudes m\u00e9dicas y describir\nsus s\u00edntomas. Este es el primer paso para cualquiera que intente acceder a la atenci\u00f3n\nsanitaria en prisi\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pero se requieren soluciones m\u00e1s sist\u00e9micas. Contratar m\u00e9dicos y enfermeras biling\u00fces es una\nopci\u00f3n; otra es utilizar la telemedicina para acceder a un grupo m\u00e1s amplio de proveedores\nm\u00e9dicos biling\u00fces. A corto plazo, la prisi\u00f3n podr\u00eda recurrir m\u00e1s a las herramientas de traducci\u00f3n\nde inteligencia artificial u organizar eventos ocasionales en los que traductores confidenciales\nacudan a la prisi\u00f3n para ayudar a los hispanohablantes que buscan atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La barrera ling\u00fc\u00edstica entre la poblaci\u00f3n reclusa y el personal provoca una especie de insensibilizaci\u00f3n. Los reclusos hispanohablantes evitan hablar de su dolor, lo que lleva a la creencia err\u00f3nea de que no hay dolor del que hablar. Esa narrativa debe cambiar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consideremos el se\u00f1or Jos\u00e9, que emigr\u00f3 de M\u00e9xico a EE.UU. a los 20 a\u00f1os y ahora tiene 68\na\u00f1os. Como gran parte de la poblaci\u00f3n reclusa que envejece, padece varias dolencias y dice\nque no recibe una atenci\u00f3n sanitaria adecuada para un hombre de su edad. La ci\u00e1tica y la\nacidez cr\u00f3nica le mantienen despierto por la noche, dice. Y hace a\u00f1os se cay\u00f3 de la litera de\narriba y se lesion\u00f3 la cadera. Como muchos inmigrantes encarcelados, Jos\u00e9 s\u00f3lo habla\nespa\u00f1ol.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69f5b5dd47bc3\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-2422\" class=\"post-2422 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-environmentandhealth category-investigation tag-chicago tag-chicago-immigration-news tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-covidprison tag-flores tag-immigration tag-immigration-detention-center tag-immigration-news\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2020\/04\/15\/locked-up-with-covid-19\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/041420_FranciscoSilvaFlores-4-featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Francisco Silva Flores\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2020\/04\/15\/locked-up-with-covid-19\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Encerrado con COVID-19<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/nissa-rhee\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Nissa Rhee\">Nissa Rhee<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2020\/04\/15\/locked-up-with-covid-19\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">15 de abril de 2020<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En la c\u00e1rcel, el se\u00f1or Jos\u00e9 necesita un permiso para caminar despacio para desplazarse entre los edificios sin ser multado. Hay que solicitar este permiso, confiando en que la burocracia penitenciaria reconozca y responda a los desaf\u00edos f\u00edsicos articulados en la solicitud.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El proceso de solicitud, que pide a los pacientes que describan su estado de salud a m\u00e9dicos y guardias mayoritariamente monoling\u00fces, es engorroso. Requiere un nivel de ingl\u00e9s que los inmigrantes como Jos\u00e9 simplemente no poseen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La lucha por transmitir los s\u00edntomas y entender los diagn\u00f3sticos puede ser peligrosa. Tambi\u00e9n\nes humillante, dicen los hispanohablantes, por lo que les disuade de buscar atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica.\nLo mismo es cierto para los residentes biling\u00fces cuya falta de acceso a la educaci\u00f3n les ha\ndejado incapaces de comunicar adecuadamente sus necesidades por escrito.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y as\u00ed, muchos esperan, con la esperanza de que la tos se calme o el dolor de cabeza se disipe,\nporque hablar o escribir es sentirse ridiculizado o, peor a\u00fan, ignorado.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por supuesto, en lugar de mejorar por s\u00ed sola, la enfermedad suele agravarse,\nespecialmente en las personas mayores e inmunodeprimidas. El malestar f\u00edsico\ndificulta incluso movimientos sencillos como caminar o sentarse. Al final, se requiere\nuna interacci\u00f3n a\u00fan m\u00e1s compleja desde el punto de vista m\u00e9dico -y ling\u00fc\u00edstico- con el\npersonal sanitario.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V\u00edctor es un guatemalteco de mediana edad que me deleita con repeticiones verbales de la\nCopa Am\u00e9rica de f\u00fatbol. Hace poco me cont\u00f3 que los guardias no le abrieron la puerta de la\ncelda para su dosis diaria de insulina, algo que, seg\u00fan \u00e9l, ha ocurrido antes. V\u00edctor tiene\ndiabetes de tipo 1, una enfermedad autoinmune de por vida que requiere una dosis diaria de\ninsulina para regular la glucosa en sangre. Aunque no debe consumir alimentos sin la dosis de\ninsulina, al final tiene tanta hambre que tiene que comer. Los efectos fisiol\u00f3gicos son\ninmediatos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V\u00edctor cree que los guardias saben que es diab\u00e9tico, ya que dice que su nombre aparece en la lista de puertas que hay que desbloquear para la administraci\u00f3n de insulina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aunque su ingl\u00e9s es limitado y est\u00e1 muy acentuado, lo entiendo. \u00c9l interpreta que el hecho de que los guardias no le abran la puerta se debe a su identidad y a su idioma \u2014todos los dem\u00e1s residentes diab\u00e9ticos de su celda hablan ingl\u00e9s con fluidez. Peor a\u00fan, teme que su barrera ling\u00fc\u00edstica le impida recibir la medicaci\u00f3n adecuada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las personas encarceladas dependen de la burocracia penitenciaria para satisfacer sus\nnecesidades b\u00e1sicas de atenci\u00f3n sanitaria.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Se espera que aboguemos por nuestra\npropia atenci\u00f3n sanitaria. Pero, como en el caso de V\u00edctor y su dosis de insulina\nolvidada, quienes carecen de las habilidades ling\u00fc\u00edsticas o de lectoescritura necesarias\npara abogar por s\u00ed mismos pueden quedar al margen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mientras tanto, seguir\u00e9 ofreciendo mis servicios de traducci\u00f3n a mis compa\u00f1eros hispanohablantes. Desempe\u00f1ar este papel me parece tanto un acto de servicio como un acto de resistencia. Por lo que he observado, la discriminaci\u00f3n que sufren las personas mayores, los enfermos cr\u00f3nicos, los discapacitados y las personas que no son blancas fuera de los muros de la prisi\u00f3n se agrava para los que est\u00e1n dentro. Frente a esas barreras, tengo el deber de hacer mi parte para ayudar a cerrar la brecha entre quienes prestan asistencia m\u00e9dica y la gente -mi gente- que la necesita.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">que lo necesitan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_widgetised_column wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t<div id=\"sidebar\" data-nectar-ss=\"true\" class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"custom_html-4 1articleright\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><h3 id=\"wordpress-popular-posts\" class=\"widget-title\">Entradas populares de 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