On this edition of StudioTulsa, we explore the topic of unsettling medical negligence in America's immigrant-only prisons. Our guest is freelance journalist Seth Freed Wessler, whose recent cover story for The Nation in this regard is entitled "This Man Will Almost Certainly Die." As noted in the tag line for this story: "Dozens of men have died in disturbing circumstances in privatized, immigrant-only prisons. The Bureau of Prisons itself says there's a problem. And yet the privatization scheme continues." Indeed, as we learn on our show today, many of these immigrant prisoners are dying because, quite clearly, the prisons they've been placed in -- there are about a dozen of them nationwide -- are routinely and dangerously cutting costs on health care and medical facilities. As Wessler continues is his Nation article: "The full scale of the medical neglect at these immigrant-only contract prisons has remained opaque -- until now. After two years of negotiations with the Bureau of
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