There’s been a long-running controversy about the quality of health care inmates receive at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Virginia.
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Food-Related Outbreaks Sicken Prisoners Six Times More Often
The biggest contributing factor involved in foodborne illness in prisons is food left at room temperature too long.
Read More »Private Prisons Line Pockets, but at What Cost?
In America, you can make a lot of money. You can put a businessman in charge of the country to ensure that you keep making that money. You can go from penniless to a multi-millionaire. Turns out some just aren't too choosy about how they get there.
Read More »ACLU Sues Nebraska Over ‘Extreme’ Prison Overcrowding
Injuries claimed in the suit include a fatal heart attack an inmate suffered after his complaints of chest pains and shortness of breath went unheeded for weeks, and blindness when another inmate’s diabetes went undiagnosed.
Read More »Bureau of Prisons Slammed on Refusal to Evacuate Hurricane Harvey-Hit Prison
Complaints from inmates and their families included power outages, lack of adequate sanitation and air conditioning, limited drinking water and hot meals, and being unable to flush toilets, shower, or get clean laundry for about a week.
Read More »Senators Pitch Bill to Improve Conditions for Female Inmates
The bill mandates, for example, that inmates who are primary caretakers may receive visits from family members up to six days per week, with no limit to the number of children who may visit.
Read More »Female Inmates Sue over BOP Guidelines for Transgender Males
Three female inmates in a federal prison in Texas have gone to court in an attempt to block a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy that requires them to share bathrooms and showers with inmates who identify as transgender females but are biologically male.
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