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California Legislative Committee Hearing Meets Behind Prison Walls To Hear Testimony From Female Prisoners
Loaded on April 15, 2001
by Silja JA Talvi
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2001, page 23
by Silja J.A. Talvi
Filed under:
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
State Legislation.
Location:
California.
It was anything but an ordinary California legislative hearing. On Wednesday, October 11,2000, behind the barbedwire grounds and multiple security checkpoints of Chowchilla's Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW), the bulk of a nearsevenhour, nonstop hearing held by the Joint Legislative Committee on Prison Construction and ...
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