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Prison cover-up?

When you have not only inmates but also guards and staff saying the conditions are subhuman in Lowell Correctional, there is definitely a problem.

Florida Department of Corrections is downplaying it so administrators can keep their jobs. Why hasn’t the health department stepped in to at least check it out? I smell a cover-up.

Stay on this story, Miami Herald. These people are human beings and deserve better.

Carol Hamilton,

Miami Springs

This story was originally published July 18, 2017 at 9:11 PM with the headline "Prison cover-up?."

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