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Proposed Law Targets Medical Neglect in Federal Prisons
Loaded on Dec. 1, 2023
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2023, page 31
Filed under:
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
United States of America.
After his release from federal prison, doctors told Jeffrey Ramirez, 41, that there were no more options for treating his cancer that had been diagnosed—but belatedly treated—while he was still in custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). So he passed the time with his teenage daughters and his ...
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