Prisoners' Suit Says New Jersey Ignored Hepatitis to Save Money

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METROPOLITAN DESK | November 28, 2002, Thursday
Prisoners' Suit Says New Jersey Ignored Hepatitis to Save Money

By RICHARD LEZIN JONES and RONALD SMOTHERS (NYT) 1084 words
Late Edition - Final, Section B, Page 1, Column 1

LEAD PARAGRAPH - For a decade, Walter L. Bennett waited to release the pause button on his life, stride through the gates of the South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, N.J., and begin his life anew. Convicted of armed robbery in 1992, he was finally about to make that walk last June. But before he could resume his life as a free man, he found it endangered by a harsh truth from his captivity: he had tested positive for hepatitis C.

''I trusted that my health was fine, up to par,'' Mr. Bennett, 42, recalled in an interview yesterday. ''But here it is before my release, they drop this bombshell on me. Then they don't give me any information. They just kick me out of the door and tell me to get treatment.''

 


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