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Second stabbing in less than one week reported at Youngstown prison, victim in critical condition

Migrants held at Cibola County Correctional Center announce hunger strike

Immigrants housed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Cibola County Correctional Center have entered into a hunger strike and penned an open letter to protest dangerous conditions and mistreatment, according to a news release. According to the open letter, translated into English, a migrant housed at Cibola attempted suicide in October in response to […]

Wheeler County inmates believed to have TB

Updated: 3:15 PM EDT June 10, 2021 WHEELER COUNTY, Ga. Contact tracing and testing is underway at a Georgia state prison where at least four inmates are suspected to have tuberculosis (TB). According to a statement from CoreCivic Public Affairs Manager Ryan Gustin, the first inmate at Wheeler Correctional Facility became ill in early May and was soon transferred to Augusta State Medical Prison for continued medical care. Several days later, another inmate began having symptoms consistent with tuberculosis and was also transferred to ASMP for further evaluation.  Gustin says Wheeler Correctional medical staff have been taking precautionary protocols to lower the risk of infection of other inmates and staff like providing medical isolation pods, PPE masks, and providing meals in disposable trays.

ACLU Says Prison Co. Staff Attacked Migrant Hunger Strikers

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