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Episode 60: Substandard Healthcare in American Prisons

Episode 60: Substandard Healthcare in American Prisons

Released Thursday, 16th January 2020
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Episode 60: Substandard Healthcare in American Prisons

Episode 60: Substandard Healthcare in American Prisons

Episode 60: Substandard Healthcare in American Prisons

Episode 60: Substandard Healthcare in American Prisons

Thursday, 16th January 2020
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The only people in the United States the government is required by law to provide healthcare for are the incarcerated. But what constitutes a baseline standard of care is very much in doubt and many human rights activists and legal experts argue the healthcare, namely in states like Illinois and Louisiana, is far below any moral or constitutional standard. Today Type Investigation’s Ida B. Wells Fellow and Appeal contributor Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge joins us to discuss how we are long overdue for a national conversation on healthcare neglect in America’s sprawling prison complex.

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