ZHDANIVKA, Ukraine—The colony of cats living on the grounds of the Zhdanivka penitentiary disappeared when battles in east Ukraine peaked. Talk in the prison is that inmates ate them when food deliveries stopped.
Medical supplies have also been in short supply, threatening the lives of nearly 400 prisoners who need treatment. The principal scourge: tuberculosis. The disease spreads prodigiously in jails and develops into hard-to-treat forms unless properly addressed.
“TB is so common within the penitentiary system that many inmates don’t see it as a deadly disease — they see catching TB as a normal part of life in prison,” Doctors Without …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
