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One Incarcerated, Transgender Buddhist's Experience With Medical Care in Federal Prison
Loaded on Oct. 22, 2014
by Christopher Zoukis
Filed under:
Disabled Prisoners,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Nervous System,
Transgender.
Locations:
Virginia,
United States of America.
One Incarcerated, Transgender Buddhist's Experience With Medical Care in Federal Prison
By Christopher Zoukis
While the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons has done a great job of promoting itself as the global leader in the humane treatment of prisoners, the reality is that the BOP …
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