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The scandal of seriously ill prisoners denied basic healthcare | Eric Allison

PUBLISHED September 5, 2012
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As those who know the prison system well will tell you, jail is the last place you want to be if you are seriously ill. My memory bank ? along with the annals of Inquest, the charity that works with those bereaved by deaths in custody ? is crowded with horror stories of medical negligence: sick prisoners wrongly diagnosed, mistreated, or just plain ignored.

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