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Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison?
Loaded on Oct. 3, 2014
by Matthew Clarke
Filed under:
Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
OB/GYN,
Diabetes,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Texas.
Medical Neglect Killing Prisoners at CCA-Run Texas Prison?
by Matthew Clarke
Family members and former Dawson State Jail prisoners are alleging medical neglect led to the recent deaths of two prisoners at the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) run prison in Dallas, Texas.
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