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The men imprisoned in Rush City wrote to administrators, asking for improved medical and mental health care, among other things.
RUSH CITY, Minn. — A group of men in Rush City prison are going on a canteen strike Thursday.
The Minnesota Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee shared that 118 men imprisoned in the Rush City facility wrote a letter to the administration, asking for improved access to phones, the gym and yard, and medical and mental health care.
In the letter, the men wrote that a physician is only available at the facility for 20 hours a week, making it difficult for them to get care.
"The denial of care significantly affects the men physically, and psychologically. It commonly takes ten to fifteen days to be diagnosed by a physician and months if ever to be provided true care," the letter stated.
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