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Eight Prisoner Deaths in California Women's Prison
Loaded on May 15, 2001
by Silja JA Talvi
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2001, page 9
Eight Prisoner Deaths In California Women's Prison Revive Concerns About Medical Care, Availibility
Filed under:
Medical Misconduct,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
HIV/AIDS,
Cancer,
Parole,
Wrongful Death,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice,
State Legislation.
Location:
California.
Of Compassionate Release
by Silja J.A. Talvi
The deaths of eight female prisoners within a seven-week period at a California women's prison have sparked a new round of activist and legislative inquiry into the provision of …
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