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without parole sentence for robbing a taco hut with a water pistol of $ 264 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1981. The victim, Dennis
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patients. This is shown with interviews of former prisoners and employees and the presentation of documents and footage. The film demonstrates how leaders in the prison system falsified prisoners’ medical records, and nothing was done even though needles were shared by the prisoners. A deputy
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