Collected Item: “Inmates claim their symptoms are ignored”
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Inmates claim their symptoms are ignored
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article
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In prison social distancing is impossible. Once covid enters a prison many become infected quickly. Inmates are saying their efforts to obtain medical care are being ignored and families are not being notified when their inmates become ill. Instead they are only being notified once their inmate has died from the virus.
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prison, incarcerated, death, symptoms, health care
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/26/861223677/as-covid-19-cuts-deadly-path-through-indiana-prisons-inmates-say-symptoms-ignore
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Jake Harper
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2020-05-26