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The Shame of Prison Health
Loaded on June 15, 2003
by Sasha Abramsky
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2003, page 10
A report is sitting at the Justice Department, unpublished. It has been there for three years. Titled The Health Status of Soon-to-be-Released Inmates, it was compiled by experts who sat on three panels: one on communicable diseases, one on chronic diseases and a third on mental illness. Their findings are, ...
Filed under:
Medical,
HIV/AIDS,
Medication,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Tuberculosis,
Medical Expenses,
STDs,
Hepatitis,
Contagious Disease -- Misc.,
Parole,
Drug Treatment/Rehab.
Location:
United States of America.
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