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Look, we know prison inmates (tù nhân) don't enjoy the same kind of freedoms as the rest of us. But when the commercial tells you to seek medical attention for an erection lasting more than four hours, and you seek that medical attention, you should get it, even if you're incarcerated (bị bỏ tù, bị tống giam).

But according to a $5 million dollar lawsuit that looks like it's about to settle, Oklahoma sheriff's officers ignored one inmate's pleas for medical attention for "unbearable pain" from a prolonged erection that lasted four days.

Dustin Lance is suing Pittsburgh County and jail officials after they waited 91 hours to take him to a local hospital, and meeting his request for medical attention with mockery (chế nhạo, nhạo báng). Lance had been jailed on burglary and drug possession charges, and allegedly ingested (ăn vào bụng) an "unidentified pill" given to him by another inmate. He began complaining to the prison staff of "unbearable pain" the next day, but wasn't taken to the hospital until three days later. Not that it did him much good -- even though doctors at McAlester Regional Hospital recommended Lance see a urologist (khoa tiết niệu) in Tulsa immediately, he was taken back to the county jail instead.

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