Instead of rubbing the gel into their hands, prisoners had been wrapping their lips around the dispenser outlets and consuming it only hours after the dispensers were installed.
A nearby hospital had recently removed the same gel after vagrants wandered in and began drinking it.
The rumors have come true. picked by suckersklub 6 months ago

Natural News is reporting that the new swine flu vaccine due out this October, will be made from the kidneys of diseased African Green Monkeys.
The process is a bit disgusting. Who has the patent is disturbing. picked by Bingo 8 months ago

To save money and manpower, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has a unique way of transferring low risk inmates. They buy them a one-way bus ticket on Greyhound and send them unescorted to their destination. Since April 2006 they have transferred almost 90,000 prisoners this way.
Surprisingly, most inmates do make it to their destination. picked by bingo 10 months ago

What sounds crazier? That economic stimulus checks were remitted to Massachusetts prisoners, or that the Social Security Administration asked them to return the cash. They're called criminals for a reason. picked by suebe 7 months ago

Despite a planned rally in Albany Tuesday to protest a state regulation requiring health care workers be vaccinated against influenza — both seasonal and swine flu — New York’s top public health official predicts dissenters will ultimately extinguish their anger and roll up their sleeves.

Related link picked by nateebiinature 6 months ago

Here in the United States, four decades of drug war have had three consequences: 5x the rate of incarceration. Prisoners for drug crimes rose from 41k in 1980 to 500k today. Secondly, we have enriched criminals and terrorist and thirdly we have squandered resources. We spend 7x as much on fighting drugs than we do treating drug addiction. Something must change. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

A Queens assistant principal who for days had been gravely ill with swine flu died last night -- becoming the city's first fatality in the outbreak, and the nation's sixth. Complications besides the virus likely played a part in Mitchell Wiener's death. Wiener was 55. More info here picked by suebe 10 months ago

To activists concerned about AIDS and prisoners' rights, it's an urgent, commonsense step that should already be nationwide policy, yet their efforts have run headlong into a stronger political force. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

dozens of prisoners in Britain have found a more sinister and predatory use for Facebook: after they've been locked up for offenses such as murder and assault, inmates are taunting and terrorizing their victims through status updates and group wall posts. picked by midnightbliss10 1 month ago