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Podcast: Turning A Moment Into A Movement
Episode: Sentenced to Death by Neglect
Description: Join the Justice for Gerard Movement for Turning A Movement Into A Movement
This week's topic: Sentenced to Death by Neglect
We will discuss the US Prison Healthcare system
Michigan has the country’s oldest prisoner population, including people in their 80s. Many did not receive regular health care prior to incarceration. Undiagnosed illnesses are often uncovered in prison
To reduce healthcare costs, government officials have increasingly turned to private vendors. But the trail of corruption, death and suffering left behind demonstrates that contracting prisoners’ medical services to for-profit companies is not the answ...