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Prison healthcare in disarray after Hurricane Ike

TDCJ officials yesterday updated the Legislature publicly for the first time (to my knowledge) on the status of health care services provided by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) after the prison hospital located on the island was closed because of Hurricane Ike. Reported Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("After Ike damaged Galveston hospital, prisoners shipped elsewhere in Texas," Nov. 14)Brad Livingston, the prison system's executive director, said administrators at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have promised to reopen some of the prison hospital's 365 beds later this month, but a full reopening is indefinite. Currently, a limited number of inmates are going to the facility for clinic visits, not overnight stays...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 14, 2008 (boomark / email).