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The Invisible Crisis of Correctional Health Care
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2013
by Cara Tabachnick
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2013, page 38
After 33 years behind bars, Alvin Entzminger, who was released in March, needed immediate medical attention for a host of chronic illnesses.
Filed under:
HIV/AIDS,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Mental Health,
Drug Treatment/Rehab.
Location:
United States of America.
“I went into prison a healthy individual and came out suffering,” claimed Entzminger, now in his late 50s.
Entzminger’s story was one of several poignant testimonies provided by …
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