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Ex-Con Seeks Return to Prison for Medical Treatment
Loaded on June 3, 2015
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2015, page 30
Ex-Con Seeks Return to Prison for Medical Treatment
In a depressing commentary on the availability of health care in the United States, a former federal prisoner got himself arrested so he could receive treatment for his leukemia. Although a judge declined to re-imprison the man, saying it would be inhumane, ...
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