I read this letter in the El Paso Times from a local person who is serving time in federal prison.
In it he describes conditions and lack of medical treatment that are, according to a local physician, illegal. What he tells us is certainly frightening and not consistent with basic human decency.
If the man’s claims are true a least two prisons and one hospital need to be cleaned up. People should probably be fired, if not prosecuted themselves.
The Times did not comment about the letter but they did publish it. According to another article published that same day the Times intends to publish a series of letters written by the inmate. They are to deal with the stories of his fellow inmates at La Tuna.
I suspect that the Times feels there is an element of truth to what he has written. Maybe this is their way of shedding light on a situation that needs to be fixed. There might even be another award winning expose series in this.
If he is right,
We deserve better
Brutus
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