21. Few inmates have lawyers. 22. Female inmates have a cervical cancer rate four times that of women outside prison. 23. For example, should inmates have access to transplant surgery when their own organs fail? 24. General population inmates have access to hacksaws in the school bus repair barn and other work sites to which they are assigned, he said. 25. Harrell of the ACLU says the state and federal laws are unfair because inmates should have the same access to the courts as other Americans. 26. Has the inmate had full access to the courts? 27. He cited recent incidents in other states where inmates had flames and blood erupting from their heads as they died in the chair in struggles that disquieted witnesses. 28. He said he and other inmates had no idea where they were going until they sat, shackled, on a chartered plane. 29. He said the agency did acknowledge that some inmates have sex in prison. 30. If convicted, the inmates would have a chance at a lesser punishment if they could prove they did not fire shots, Levy said. |