Posted on 10/05/2011 7:04:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A dozen inmates were sickened, including three in critical condition, in a suspected botulism outbreak after they drank alcohol brewed inside a prison cell, Utah health officials said Wednesday.
Eight male prisoners who were hospitalized had exhibited botulism symptoms and preliminary tests were positive for the disease in two of the men, said Dr. Dagmar Vitek, the medical director of the Salt Lake Valley Health Department.
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Doa!
So if you’re a prison inmate in Utah, and your blockmate a few cells down is making pruno, do you need to get a membership card to go in his cell and get some?
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