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Diabetic Sues for Meals
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1995, page 21
Prisoners with medical conditions are entitled to special diets if needed to avoid illness. Robert Taylor is a diabetic and an Illinois state prisoner. His medical condition requires that he receive a special diet to insure that he receives the proper amount of sugars and carbohydrates. He was receiving the ...
Filed under:
Private Prisons,
Food/Commissary (Private Prisons),
Diabetes,
Food,
Qualified Immunity.
Location:
Illinois.
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