From my ivory tower 200 miles high in the sky:
Your girlfriend's attitude is exactly what is wrong with our prison system.
Your girlfriend's attitude is exactly what is wrong with our prison system.
but "forget to refill their pain med prescription." is something I would consider to be worse than whatever sexual harassment she received.
people in authority executing personal punishments should be thrown in jail themselves.
Even if it was in response to a physical assault, it would be improper unless legally established protocol for the prison is to deny medication as a form of discipline, which seems quite unlikely. Denying pain medication is equivalent to inflicting pain on someone - which could easily be called torture. Sure, an officer could punch you if it was necessary to stop you from inflicting harm on one or her or others. Intentionally causing pain by denying medication would be more like punching you after you're already in custody and handcuffs and can't fight back. Clearly that could not be construed to be self defense.