Some ugly realities of incarceration

Over at TalkLeft, Jerayln is doing a fine job spotlighting some recent developments and commentary about the sorry state of medical conditions in Americas prisons.  Here are her two recent posts:

• 7,000 a Year Die in U.S. Prisons (discussing this commentary)
• Mich. Prison System Held in Contempt of Court (discussing this news report)

Relatedly, CrimProf here reports on “a civil-rights investigation into the King County Jail in Seattle, focusing on sexual abuse of inmates and on allegations of inadequate suicide prevention and contagious-disease control.”