written for Reveal - November 2015 episode #111.

pieces to pick up

For years, journalists and advocates have raised questions about medical care inside private federal prisons for noncitizens, especially in the wake of riots that inmates said were sparked by medical negligence. 

This segment exposes the truth behind those complaints, relying on extensive medical files obtained by Investigative Fund reporter Seth Freed Wessler. The files show case after case in which lower standards and less-qualified, less expensive workers together create a medical disaster.

Relying on those files and the testimony of inmates and prison workers, Reveal's Stan Alcorn and Wessler tell the story of one of those medical disasters: the case of Nestor Garay. 

Medical Negligence In Immigrant Prisons

1997 James Brown Birthday Celebration Radio Broadcast on KPFA

Reveal is a new investigative reporting program from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX. Available on public radio and online, the show examines what governments, businesses and communities are doing behind the scenes, hidden from public view. It's for anyone who is interested in stories that change our understanding of how the world works. 



Medical Negligence In Immigrant Prisons

Reveal

Related tracks