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Texas and Florida Prisoners Used in Medical Experiments
When the AIDS epidemic struck in the mid eighties and pharmaceutical companies wished to test new and promising drugs, what better place than in the nation's prison systems? AIDS has no known cure and test subjects in the prison population are far more available and expendable than test subjects in ...
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More from this issue:
- Federal Religious Freedom Law Passed, by Dan Pens
- Attica Compensation Served Up 29-Years-Cold
- Ohio Parole Hearing Officer Acquitted in Bribe Case
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Texas and Florida Prisoners Used in Medical Experiments, by Julia Lutsky
- Mystery Surrounds Texas Prison Rape/Suicide
- Oklahoma Guard Killed
- Washington DOC Settles Public Disclosure Suits, by Roger Smith
- Ohio 'Entrepreneur' Lands in Hot Water
- South Carolina Rapes Exposed, by Bill Dunne
- South Carolina Prison Chief Fired as Scandal Widens, by Dan Pens
- Wisconsin Prisoners to Farm Worms
- Justice Department Report Slams Nassau County Jail
- PRP Proper to Challenge Some WA Disciplinary Orders
- Wackenhut to Build Prison in South Africa
- PLN Strikes Down Oregon Bulk Mail Ban, by Paul Wright
- Coalition for Prisoners' Rights?, by Paul Wright
- Frozen Toes State a Claim for Deliberate Indifference
- No Qualified Immunity for Illinois Visitor Strip Searches
- The Funhouse Mirror, By Robert Ellis Gordon and Inmates of the Washington Corrections System, by Allen N Huxley
- New Jersey Guard Unions Charged with Telemarketing Fraud
- California Legislative Committee Hearing Meets Behind Prison Walls To Hear Testimony From Female Prisoners, by Silja JA Talvi
- $40,000 Awarded in Tennessee Jail Failure to Protect Suit
- Crime and Punishment Relation Examined, by Julia Lutsky
- TRO Allows Father to Attend Birth; Court Awards Full Attorney Fees
- $57,000 Awarded in Illinois Prison Beating, by Lonnie Burton
- Welfare Retaliation Suit Reinstated
- Second Circuit Discusses Qualified Immunity in Disciplinary Case
- News in Brief:
More from Julia Lutsky:
- Dominican Women Prisoners Strike for Conjugal Visits, June 15, 2002
- Death Toll Hits 87 as Turkish Prison Protest Strike Continues, April 15, 2002
- Turkish Prisoners Struggle Against Transfers, Aug. 15, 2001
- Strikes Sweep Bolivian Prisons as Promise of Freedom Fades, June 15, 2001
- Texas and Florida Prisoners Used in Medical Experiments, April 15, 2001
- Crime and Punishment Relation Examined, April 15, 2001
- The Spirit of Freedom and Resistance, Long Kesh Prison Closed, March 15, 2001
- Mentally Ill Prisoners in the New Jersey Prison System, Feb. 15, 2001
- A.I. Reports on US Compliance with UN Convention Against Torture, Feb. 15, 2001
- Political Prisoners in Spain, Aug. 15, 2000
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