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Michigan's Prison Health Care System Found Contemptuous
Loaded on May 15, 2007
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2007, page 7
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
CMS,
Medical,
Medication,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Medical Records,
Skin,
Kidney,
Surgery,
Consent Decrees (PLRA),
Injunctions (PLRA),
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Delaware.
"Step on a man's foot once, and a polite apology will do. Do it twice, and a profuse apology is in order. Do it thrice, and you have left the land of apology and entered the arena of self-defense." That saying is the beginning of U.S. ...
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- Habeas Hints: Retroactivity-Cunningham and Beyond, by Kent A. Russell
- Fraudulent Tax Returns Net Illegal Millions for Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
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- New Jersey Auditor: Life Skills Academy Prison Contract Improperly Monitored, by Matthew Clarke
- Record Number of Texas Prison Guards Arrested, by Matthew Clarke
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