SURJ Issues in the News

The News Journal series on health care in Delaware's prison

To see the series or articles in the special report "Delaware's Deadly Prisons" in its entirety go to the homepage of The News Journal.

Prison system's problems run far deeper than the health care scandal (11/13/05)
The News Journal, opinion

 
  Lawmakers get look inside state prison (10/11/05)
News Journal, article

Tour was a good start, but fixing prison care will take outside probe (10/11/05)
News Journal, opinion/editorial

Inmates risk new strains of infections: Prison bacteria resist antibiotics (10/9/05)
News Journal, article

Inmate healthcare may be issue in 2008 (10/9/05)
News Journal, article

Council wants prison probe:  Wilmington votes to ask Minner to establish health care task force (10/7/05)
News Journal, article

Federal inquiry should grasp the extent of prison health care inadequacy (10/6/05)
The News Journal, opinion/editorial

Feds launch inquiry into Del. prisons: Civil Rights Division's findings on medical care, other issues may
lead to formal probe
(10/05/05)
The News Journal, article

Department of Correction head takes issue with series (10/05/05)
The News Journal, rebuttal

Editor's Response: Sorry, Mr. Taylor, this fish smells.  Please address the big picture (10/05/05)
The News Journal, opinion

Conservative riled by prison neglect too (10/05/05)
The News Journal, opinion

Protesters demand prison reform: Community leaders, families of inmates offer plan for change (10/04/05)
The News Journal, article

Care provider settles inmate family lawsuit (10/04/05)
The News Journal, article

State should tell prison inmates that they better stay healthy at all costs (10/04/05)
The News Journal, opinion

Coalition seeks action on prisons: Medical care called 'public health crisis' (10/02/05)
The News Journal, article

All eyes on Minner as public awaits response to prison health crisis (10/02/05)
The News Journal, opinion

Prison system's chief sees problems:  Inmates' medical care to be investigated (9/30/05)
The News Journal, article

Prison health-care revelations lead to a shocking silence (9/30/05)
The News Journal, editorial

The price for our 'tough on crime' philosophy is higher than we thought (9/29/05)
The News Journal, editorial

Yes, they’re guilty, but the sentence wasn’t illness (9/29/05)
The News Journal, opinion

Lawmakers eye prison medical care: Oust corrections chief, one state rep says (9/29/05)
The News Journal, article

Leaders, public are unperturbed about horrid health care in prisons (9/29/05)
The News Journal, opinion

Accountability for deadly prisons: Critics say Delaware has little oversight. Is the solution national accreditation? (9/28/05)
The News Journal, article

From troubled prison to national model (9/28/05)
The News Journal, article

Families say state tells them little about inmates (9/28/05)
The News Journal, article

Shackled prisoner takes a painful fall (9/28/05)
The News Journal, article

'I blame the system':  Inmates in Del. have twice U.S. average suicide rate (9/27/05)
The News Journal, article

Mom: baby died while she pled for help (9/27/05)
The News Journal, article

Son dying, but doctor wouldn't talk to her:  Even during visits, mother kept in dark (9/27/05)
The News Journal, article

Defender: state balked at heart surgery (9/27/05)
The News Journal, article

AIDS epidemic raging behind bars:  Newark AIDS specialist calls care of inmates 'a disgrace' (9/26/05)
The News Journal, article

AIDS hits the street on inmates' release (9/26/05)
The News Journal, article

AIDS turns prison time into death sentence (9/26/05)
The News Journal, article

Private companies enter prison health care (9/25/05)
The News Journal, article

Child rapist released due to health care (9/25/05)
The News Journal, article

Prisons discharging seriously ill inmates (9/25/05)
The News Journal, article

Odds against inmates in grievances (9/25/05)
The News Journal, article

Flesh-eating bacteria left untreated: As inmate's body was ravaged, the prison said he was faking. Did he unknowingly expose others? (9/25/05)
The News Journal, article

Cruel & Unusual:  Brother with two heads: We 'will forever carry his death on our conscience' (9/25/05)
The News Journal, article

 

 

 

 

     

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