Ore. inmate, who shot his jaw off, wants state to pay $45 K to fix it

Monte B. Callaway blew off his jaw trying to commit suicide. Now he wants the state of Oregon to pay an estimated $45,000 to fix his face while he serves a prison term. The state says it won't because the surgery is cosmetic, not necessary.

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Four years ago, Callaway walked into a bar in the coast town Bandon looking for his estranged wife. "She wanted a divorce. I decided to give her a divorce, and I took a 12-gauge shotgun to make that happen," Callaway said. He fired one round at a bartender he thought was seeing his wife, striking the man in the head with bird shot. Then Callaway put the gun under his own chin. The blast blew away his lower jaw, most of his teeth and his mouth. He's undergone reconstructive operations — initial medical bills amounted to $286,000, mostly covered by private insurance. He still has no teeth, and his mouth is so small a spoon doesn't fit.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/inmate-shot-jaw-state-fix-article-1.1199918