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For Women Behind Bars, "Health Care" Can Be Deadly

By Silja J.A. Talvi, Seal Press. Posted November 1, 2007.


Women in jail can suffer slow and painful deaths for treatable and simple illnesses simply as a result of the horrific state of prison health care.
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Ms. Talvi will be reading at In These Times (Chicago) on November 7 at 7:00 p.m., in discussion with filmmaker Salome Chesnoff about the criminalization of prostitution. Other upcoming readings include Powell's (Portland,OR) on Nov. 12 at 7:30 pm; and Elliott Bay Books (Seattle) on Nov. 17th, 2 pm. Send e-mail to womenbehindbars@gmail.com for further updates and correspondence.

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