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Utah inmates sick after drinking homemade alcohol
Associated Press ^ | Oct. 5, 2011 | JENNIFER DOBNER

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: prisoners; utah
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To: coloradan

Doa!


21 posted on 10/05/2011 11:00:31 PM PDT by gman992 ("I'm a conservative. I'm just a happy conservative.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

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?


22 posted on 10/05/2011 11:03:04 PM PDT by RichInOC (TBA 2012.)
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