Bad news! One more good reason to stay out of prison!
What this PJP may not have investigated is how much prisoners were themselves negligent or ignorant to diagnose and undergo treatment?
"People who are imprisoned are more likely to die from cancer than the general population in the United States. Chronic stress and unhealthy food contribute to poor cancer outcomes, as do delays in diagnosis, patchy treatment and lack of coordination with outside healthcare systems. Contributors to the Prison Journalism Project (PJP) reported symptoms being ignored or downplayed, follow up appointments being missed because of administrative failures or resourcing issues and being strip-searched and chained when seeing doctors, receiving treatments or travelling for healthcare. PJP contributors described recovering from cancer in prison as a unique kind of hell." (Nature Briefing Cancer)
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