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North Carolina Prisoners at Deadliest Federal Prison File Suit on COVID-19 Response
Loaded on Jan. 1, 2021
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2021, page 20
Filed under:
Systemic Medical Neglect,
COVID-19,
Failure to Protect (General).
Location:
North Carolina.
by Matt Clarke
On October 26, 2020, federal prisoners aided by civil rights groups and a major international law firm, filed a class action lawsuit challenging the handling of a COVID-19 outbreak by the Bureau of Prison (BOP) at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) at Butner, North Carolina.
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