Alaska prison problems up for legislative audit

Wed, May 14, 2008
Posted in Alaska News

A legislative committee is calling for an audit of the State Department of Corrections amidst a no-confidence vote by Corrections staff, overcrowding and increased infection rates among prisoners and officers.

David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage

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mpb on June 10, 2008 at 8:38 am

CIDRAP comes out of the Univ of MN and has had some good info on pandemic flu (bird flu, H5N1). This may be of interest.
mpb

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Vilma Anderson on June 25, 2008 at 10:25 pm

I have been working on a project on hygiene and diseases in the jail/prison system for Alaska, and I wonder where can I find the info for 2005-2008? Thanks. Vilma Anderson