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Liberated

FOLIO September 27, 2023 Feature, Politics

Words by Kelila Ritchie   Racism in healthcare is alive and kicking and being delivered on a silver platter by the highest paid doctor. The Supreme Court case Estelle v. Gamble declared that prison staff’s “deliberate indifference” to crucial medical needs of people who are incarcerated constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Jacksonville’s John E. Goode Pre-Trial Detention Center (aka the jail) has been under a microscope recently for their violations of the Eighth Amendment which protects individuals against cruel and unusual punishment.    “Americans living in rural areas are more likely to die from unintentional injuries, heart disease, cancer, stroke, …

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