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Prison medical care

In San Quentin Prison, Getting The Flu Can Land You In Solitary Confinement

Prisoners avoid admitting they are sick because they don’t want to be put in solitary, so nurses go cell to cell to take their temperatures.

Juan Moreno Haines Feb 20, 2020

Lawsuit Claims Delaware Prisoners Are Still Being Beaten, Stripped And Tortured Months After Uprising

Meanwhile, the abysmal medical care that helped spark the riot persists.

Raven Rakia Nov 30, 2018

At Angola Prison, ‘People Are Suffering. People Are Dying’

Trial begins in class action suit alleging medical neglect by Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Jessica Pishko Oct 12, 2018