Pay now or pay later.The article in the March issue by Kai kai Noun NZ informal food [Maori] kai noun N.Z. (informal) food, grub (slang) provisions, fare, board, commons, eats (slang Wright is a truthful and outstanding piece of journalism ("Prison Outbreak: An Epidemic of Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Definition Hepatitis C is a form of liver inflammation that causes primarily a long-lasting (chronic) disease. Acute (newly developed) hepatitis C is rarely observed as the early disease is generally quite mild. "). I'm a Hep C-positive convict To adjudge an accused person guilty of a crime at the conclusion of a criminal prosecution, or after the entry of a plea of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere. An individual who has been found guilty of a crime and, as a result, is serving a sentence as punishment for the act; at a California state prison. What I have to go through to get care is unbelievable. I've been officially positive for more than two years; however, nothing has been done to treat the virus. Men and women are needlessly dying in prison for lack of basic medical care. We need this brought to society's attention. As the article pointed out, health issues that are behind bars are also the health issues of the general public. More than 90 percent of all the cons in prison today will get out. That's a lot of Hep C-positive people out there. And ex-cons probably won't have health care, either. So pay now or pay later. We as a society need to start to expect more from our correctional systems. We need to start providing better health care for the cons now. Otherwise this will become a very large and costly problem for every member of society. Andrew Hodgins Pleasant Valley State Prison Pleasant Valley State Prison, or PVSP, is a minimum/medium security state prison in California, USA. Located in Coalinga, Fresno County, it opened in November 1994. Coalinga, California Coalinga is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 11,668 at the 2000 census and 17,080 as of 2005, according to the Coalinga Chamber of Commerce Web site. On May 2 1983, the town was heavily damaged by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake. |
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