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World Service,03 Feb 1999,4 mins

No Healthcare for Prisoners

My Century

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"I've done wrong and I know I should be punished, but our justice system here is very severe." Gilberto Fernandez, a prisoner in Sao Paolo, Brazil, is serving 20 years for his part in the wounding of a policeman. He explains how healthcare for prisoners is non existent.

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