Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 8:21:47 GMT -6
If any Tennessee inmate spits in the eye of a visitor, the prison system can test the inmate for hepatitis C or other diseases with or without consent.
The visitor must be told if the inmate has hepatitis C, or other infectious diseases.
But if the Tennessee prison system discovers a convicted rapist has hepatitis C, no one will alert the victim who was raped and possibly contracted the deadly disease.
Verna Wyatt, a Nashville crime victims advocate since 1991, says the prison system has a moral obligation to reach out to that victim.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/08/prisons-dont-tell-victims-if-attackers-have-hepatitis-c/82391860/
The visitor must be told if the inmate has hepatitis C, or other infectious diseases.
But if the Tennessee prison system discovers a convicted rapist has hepatitis C, no one will alert the victim who was raped and possibly contracted the deadly disease.
Verna Wyatt, a Nashville crime victims advocate since 1991, says the prison system has a moral obligation to reach out to that victim.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/08/prisons-dont-tell-victims-if-attackers-have-hepatitis-c/82391860/