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Former UNICOR worker and prisoners claim exposure to toxic material

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Former prison worker claims exposure to toxic material By Lance Griffin Dothan Eagle August 21, 2008 MARIANNA, Fla. ? Freda Cobb?s three-ring binder is filled with more than 200 pages, most of them detailing 11 years of ailments, doctor visits and prescription information. She has suffered from digestive problems, acute respiratory symptoms, short-term memory loss, muscle pain, kidney and liver problems, heart problems, internal bleeding and skin lesions. Her health forced her to retire as a security officer from the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna, Fla., in September of 2004. Over the next two years, Cobb said she learned that several other prison workers and inmates who participated in a computer recycling program adjacent to the prison were experiencing many of the same problems...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 22, 2008 (boomark / email).