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Wisconsin Medical Care Substandard, Even for Prisoners
Michelle Greer had asthma, the operative word being had past tense. Her asthma no longer exists because Michelle Greer is dead. On February 29, 2000, at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution, she died of an asthma attack, suffocated by the apathy and neglect of the Wisconsin prison system.
Greer had complained ...
Greer had complained ...
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