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09 May 2016, 3:43 pm

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/08/prisons-dont-tell-victims-if-attackers-have-hepatitis-c/82391860/


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10 May 2016, 11:50 am

I am surprised that they are required to test the inmate for diseases and tell a visitor. I would have thought that was against HIPPA laws...Now I am just confused.
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10 May 2016, 12:25 pm

I think every state is allowed to set their own rules and I think TN is rather strange (birthplace of the KKK, etc.).