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According to a study of 4,510 obstetric-gynecologic residents, 71.3% reported sleeping less than 3 hours while on night call. [4] In a survey of 3,604 first- and second-year residents, 20% reported sleeping an average of 5 hours or less per night, and 66% averaged 6 hours or less per night. [5]
The Bell Commission recommendations that attending physicians should be present at all times and limiting residents to 80 hours a week and 24 hours at a time were adopted by New York in 1989. Implementation of the recommendations caused some hospitals to introduce doctors who worked overnight to spell their colleagues. [ 15 ]
A 1988 lawsuit charged that CMF was "a filthy, vermin-infested, overcrowded prison," and that medical care there was "grossly inadequate." [14] Although at the time "all inmates in California prisons" with HIV/AIDS were sent to CMF, the suit claimed that "overcrowded housing and medical conditions in the AIDS wing are worse than in the main ...
Former Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, an avid supporter of prison privatization, received more than $15,000 from company executives during state and federal races. The company has given more in Florida over the past 15 years than the combined donations of Office Depot and Darden Restaurants, Inc., two of the state's largest Fortune ...
The Justice Department (DOJ) alleges that since at least 2012, more than a quarter of the people due to be released from Louisiana prisons have instead been held past their release dates.
[6] However, in 2021, the Bureau of Prison's accreditation from the Joint Commission lapsed, raising concerns of a decline in the quality of medical care. [ 7 ] A 2023 NPR investigation found that from 2009-2020, roughly a quarter of all deaths in federal prisons occurred at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex . [ 7 ]
Echo Yard is considered an experimental part of the prison that is less restrictive. The unit operates outside of "normal prison rules," according to reporting from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
In this cell house, two men were assigned to each 8'x10'x8' cell, sharing a bunk bed, a cabinet, a desk, and outlet for a radio. With the new cell houses, the prison population grew to 2,504 inmates with 150 guards, or approximately 1 guard per 17 inmates. The prison housed 2,504 inmates (1,959 white, 535 black, 10 other). [6]