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Articles by Akela Lacy

New Jersey Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Kept Quiet in State Prisons

After one person died and another spent a month in a coma, state officials found Legionella bacteria in the water at two New Jersey prisons.

by Akela Lacy, The Intercept

After Jamil Robinson drank the water from the infirmary at East Jersey State Prison, he became so violently ill that prison officials ...