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A negligent system took my teeth

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I had only been at Sheridan Correctional Center for three months when my tooth began to hurt. Months prior, before I was transferred there from Stateville prison, I had part of a filling break off, leaving a large hole in one of my lower left teeth. I told the dentist I needed it fixed, to […]

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