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Amputations and Cancer Treatment Delays: Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Mississippi Prison Healthcare

From prisoners suffering amputations due to diabetes to a mother taking desperate measures to help her incarcerated son treat his debilitating pain, Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday heard stunning testimony in a more than three-hour hearing about inadequate healthcare in state prisons.

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Amputations and cancer treatment delays: Lawmakers hear testimony on Mississippi prison healthcareFrom prisoners suffering amputations due to diabetes to a mother taking desperate measures to help her incarcerated son treat his debilitating pain, Mississippi

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