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Presence of Prison Rape in Utah Denied
Loaded on July 15, 1998
by Julia Lutsky
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1998, page 14
Early in 1996 Utah's Legislature mandated that state prison hospitals achieve national accreditation. Consequently, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) was given a three-day review of Utah prison medical records and a tour of Utah prisons, including interviews with prisoners and staff. Accreditation is based on a multiplicity …
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Guards/Staff,
Nat'l Commission on Correctional Health Care.
Location:
Utah.
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