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| Prisoners, officers fear for health |
| By Anchorage Daily News |
| Published: 04/24/2008 |
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ALASKA - Prisoners are wiping down doorknobs with bleach. Guards are wearing plastic gloves whenever they touch anything inside a cell. And inmates are telling other inmates to go see a doctor when a rash shows up on their skin. Within the walls of Alaska prisons rumors are rampant about the dangers of a drug-resistant bacteria that can cause painful and potentially dangerous skin infections. But medical staff in the facilities say worries about the staph infection MRSA are overblown and want prisoners and guards to halt what they call misinformation. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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