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Guam Correctional Issues Plague Prisoner Medical Care
Loaded on Aug. 10, 2016
by Derek Gilna
For twenty-three years a federal receiver has overseen Guam's troubled correctional system, but unfortunately for prisoners, medical care still appears to be substandard. According to a status report issued in the past two weeks, of 144 prisoners seeking some form of treatment from correctional medical staff, 97 were never seen. ...
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