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How Prison Damages Health, and Worker Safety at the Richmond Refinery

Wanda Bertram of the Prison Policy Initiative on how prison makes people sick and kills them. Psychiatrist Terry Kupers, from a 2013 interview, on the effects of solitary confinement on mental health. And refinery worker and union VP BK White talks about worker safety and health at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, California, where workers may strike over the issue.

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