Forgotten Feet: Diabetes Behind Bars/The Incarcerated

Dr. G (Woon Picasso) exposes the hidden crisis of diabetic foot disease in prisons: its prevalence, the resource and policy barriers that lead to missed checks and preventable amputations, and the moral and legal imperative to provide care.

The episode outlines practical, low-cost prevention and treatment steps—intake screening, annual and monthly checks, proper footwear, telemedicine, wound kits, offloading, and urgent referral pathways—urging nonjudgmental, consistent care to save limbs and lives.