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Subscribe to RSSA carbon monoxide leak believed to be from a malfunctioning heating and ventilation system sent 49 female inmates to hospitals from York County Prison in Pennsylvania, authorities said Thursday.
The illnesses began about 11 p.m. Wednesday in a female dormitory housing about 90 women, the York Daily Record newspaper reported on its website. By early Thursday, 49 inmates had been taken to hospitals. All the inmates had been returned to the prison by Thursday afternoon, the county said in a statement, according to the newspaper.
The heating system was shut down, and the county's statement said carbon monoxide levels had returned to normal.
Prison Warden Mary Sabol said prison officials would meet with the McClure Co., the company that works on heating at the prison, and would consider installation of carbon monoxide detectors, the Daily Record reported.
About 215 women are incarcerated at the facility, 85 miles west of Philadelphia.
Prisoners living in the affected unit have been relocated to other areas in the facility.
This article includes reporting by The Associated Press.
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The female prisoner - a definite Obama demographic!
STFU you dirty poor white trash.
Arthur66 the racist redneck...
Newsvine...is this an approved comment??? Or are only liberals allowed to spew this tripe?
Yes they are, this is Newsvine where left wing hate is totally acceptable!
This was insane carelessness; no co2 detectors in a facility of that size... they "will consider installing co2 detectors"??? What kind of archaic regulations would not already require that? How could it be more expensive to take preventive measures than to haul all of these women to a hospital?
What's wrong with you people? It's Thanksgiving! It looks like I would be thankful if all of you with nasty things to say about this situation and to each other would just drop off the face of the earth. What are you like on other non holiday days? You seem so unhappy to be alive...
If this had been male prisoners, it would not have even made the local news.
What I don't understand is, why is this particular headline such a magnet for right wing hate mongers?
How is a female prisoner an Obama demographic? Do you think women did not commit crimes during the Bush administration?
Speaking of demographics, there are some states ( don't know @ PA ) that electorally disenfranchise felons for life. So much for "paying your debt to society". As though public policy regarding crime & punishment must be forever out of reach for those it most impacts. So Arthur 66 needn't worry: if female prisoners are indeed an Obama demographic, they're a toothless one.
Maggie, we are very Thankful that these idiots are behind bars. No matter what the crime
THe liberal media is a myth which owes its persistence to two major factors:
1.) the paranoia which affficts many of the older, paler, RIghties and 2:) among the more mentallly agile it's a form of gamesmanship similar to what Phil Jackson used to do to the refereee squad before a playofff series. IT doesn't cost a thing and just might end up gettting you a callll sometime. TO everyone responding reasonably to ARthuyr66s post - you must as welll argue with your dog.
Congrats to arthur666 on being the first to drag in a totallly unrelated piece of Obama hate. I wonder if arthur666 knew what a big kickj a leftie gets out of hearing RIghties whine after the election whether he would stilll post his basura.
A carbon monoxide leak believed to be from a malfunctioning heating and ventilation system sent 49 female inmates to hospitals from York County Prison in Pennsylvania, authorities said Thursday
Wow Pennsylvania, what a way to perform surprise Gas poisoning Death sentences?
Texas could a thing or two about this, but why on women folks?
That's kinda wrong...
jon garrett, you are suspended for a day for violating rule # 1 of the Code of Honor.
I bet the females were complaining about being sick and the Prison didn't do jack until it became so many female inmates being sick... Yet, nobody gives a damn about Prisoners so they just suffer inhumane conditions, locked away from Public view. damn shame that we lock up more people than Russia and treat our prisoners about as good as Russia treats theirs... What BS! And I am 2nd Puffjacket45! :)
There is a reason they are in prison meaning they are not very nice people to begin with. Prisoners pull crap all the time you cry wolf to many times and things like this happen. At least in Texas here we have the express lane to the chamber.
Most are in jail for DRUGS! (hurting themselves)
By the way we have more people in jail that CHINA and last time I checked they have a LOT MORE people in their country.
Just so you know slufoot, not everyone in prison is a murderer or a rapist. Being locked away from your friends and family is punishment enough for 75% or more of those incarcerated and they don't need to have their life shortened due to willfull negligence.
Judge much?
I hope you have never done anything wrong.
To all you 'screw the prisoners, they got what they deserved' rednecks: A person is sentenced to do time. A judge did not sentence anyone to be gassed in prison, or to be raped, beaten, extorted, etc. The state's negligence will probably end up costing the taxpayers lots of your $$ when the lawsuits hit.
they need to suffer for what they did. this is why we have so many people in prison cuz we dont do enough to teach them a lesson. let someone do something to your loved ones and lets see your point then.
slufoot:
Look at how many people are found innocent after years in prison because new evidence came to light, or someone else confessed, or a witness or victim admits it didn't happen. What if one of these women is a mother who killed the man who was molesting her daughter? How would a situation like that deserve carbon monoxide poisoning?
You cannot assume EVERYONE in prison is automatically guilty of what they have been convicted of.
tlc:
Our Constitution specifies the penalty for a crime cannot be 'cruel or unusual'. If you advocate for torturing people in prison, you're violating your civil obligation as a citizen to uphold the Constitution and defend it. Very un-American of you.
@ tlc,sacramento,ca, So I guess with your reasoning, it's ok that prisoners are poisoned with carbon monoxide? Hmm, do you remember the holocaust? The Nazi's did pretty much the same thing to the jews, gypsies, Russian POWs and anyone else who opposed them.
The Nazis experimented with CO2 gas in their death camps, but it was eventually abandoned for Hydrogen Cyanide (via a pesticide called Zyclon B).
Hydrogen Cyanide is the same gas that is used in American gas chambers.
Extermination begins! Damn Democrats will stop at nothing, to fuel their lust for spending! {:-(}
Hey, puffy, here's hoping a smoke belching tailpipe finds its way up your ass this fine Thanksgiving day. Then you, too, can enjoy the deleterious effects of carbon monoxide poisoning and boast of being First! to contract the malady through the walls of your bloody rectum. Happy Holidays!
First to reply to your comment!
dang...Thanksgiving just brings out the best in people...LOL...
What The @!$%#?!? Is up with y'all?!?
Happy Holidays!!! And Chill The @!$%# Out!
Really now...would it have been that big of a loss?
SING IT...i was drunk... the day my moma... got out of prison...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9coh7mBHwr4&feature=related
Comment # 8 deleted for death trolling.
prison warden mary sable said would consider installing carbon monoxide detectors...i hope she considers they might sue the state...for reckless endangerment...she probably has them at home but the batteries are in a personal device...
The DA,,PA,, loves to put anyone under there rule of Man's law.It's keep them all in a job,,pay check.
The law can do what they want too,,They are the law and you are poor scum.
They have all the money and guns ,,You have none.
I treat my dog better than they do these people,,I don't rape my dog!
Look what happened to the Jews,,OK,, Man's law and God's law,,THINK!
Required by law for any rental property
Big oversight
Exactly - for a well-regulated state like PA., there should be a requirement for CO and combustible gas detectors in all enclosed public places. This would include motel/hotel rooms, spas, lobbies, indoor pools, restrooms, restaurants, stores, theaters, auditoriums, classrooms, henhouses, doghouses, and outhouses. Maybe all persons should wear personal CO detectors, because it is colorless/odorless (similar to radioactivity.)
When society takes control of a person's freedom, there is a moral obligation to provide safe housing, food, medical care. Seems like a simple thing like a CO detector (and smoke detector) in the ductwork would be a simple, obvious component of a prison HVAC system.
well now, theres some weird news about my local prison...the same one i happen to be trying to get a job at....maybe i should reconsider given the current ethical dilemma
I think the female prisoners got served by the prison guards. I wonder why they're not being prosecuted.
Actually, this can occur for any number of reasons. Unlined clay or brick flues collapsing internally, bird nests in flues, or dead animals, improper installation of a gas device, use of a gas range for heating., or use of gasoline or diesel powered generators either indoors or located too close to the building. When roofers installed a new metal roof on our church hall, they neglected to replace one of two exhaust stack, sickening our secretary and priest. We had CO monitors the same day we called the roofing company to fix their oversight.
The absence of CO monitors in every area of the jail, is a grievous failure of the Sheriff and the facility wardens. This could have just as easily have jailers on 8-10hr shifts.
's all good,
You are aware that nearly half of the prisoners in this country are in jail for simple possession of maijuana. Even states that have subsequently "decriminalized" still have inmates sentenced under mandatory sentences. This has been a real sore point with many judges. The choice of some DA's to appear to fighting crime by prosecuting minor drug offences, while plea-bargaining shooters, embezzlers and con artists. Those crimes don't have mandatory sentences.
Further, you would really feel safe walking down a dark street? One with uneven pavement, broken glass from the evening's car accident, or a family of opposums (which are about as nasty as a pit bull, but more likely to carry rabies and other diseases, and hard to see in the dark)? Even as late as the nineteenth century in England, death on the moors was common-place, due falling in a sinkhole, into a bog, or even exposure after getting lost. Walking home at night without light across the moors.
And, btw, centuries of capital punishment did nothing to deter or end crime. For every felon or pirate hung, others took their place, saying that they'd get by with their crimes or die famous.
The entire judicial/law enforcement/corrections systems in this country are a joke. We have 25% of the world's incarcerated population while having only 5% of the world's population. People are locked away for the most minor infractions. The bottom line is that if you are unable to afford a lawyer, you are at the mercy of the system, which thrives on incarcerating people. It's about money, not guilt, innocence, public safety or anything else. Judges want to get re-elected by appearing to be tough on crime and not overseeing mistrials. Prosecutors want to become judges and do so by having successful prosecutions, and public defenders get nowhere without playing ball with prosecutors. Anyone without a lawyer is simply grist for the mill.
Americans are so Christianized. You know all that true love and compassion for their fellow human race. LMAO
Spot,
I like to call them OT Christians, because they seem to feel that Christ's messages to the world are subordinate to Mosaic and later Jewish codes of behavior. An-eye-for-an-eye still trumps peace, love and forgiveness (which does not preclude fines or imprisonment). Odd thing is they want us to practice Sharia law, while criticizing it and Islam.
For goodness sakes...these women are human beings, even if they have done something wrong. Thankfully, none of they died. I am sure that their families had something to give thanks for on this holiday!
Most inmates are eventually released. --They can be released either with or without an attitude problem.
My goal in life is to improve the image of Tolls-- hopefully even reform some of them.
Jon Garrett
Jon Garrett
Hey phuck you both!!
Let's see if Newsvine will allow my comment. It's no different from these two pin-heads!
terry... don't let the trolls...bother you..keep your cool ...
Looks like it's Jon has the attitude problem--obviously sufferers from a narcissistic. schizophrenic, delusional personality. A danger to himself and society and in dire need of professional help. NOT TO MENTION--he's not helping the image of trolls!
This sounds about standard for our prison system.
.... or school system - the wonder of 'maintenance by the low bidder.'
happy thanksgiving and more later world.....
Our wonderful prison system at work.
and we are suppose to feel sorry for them?? NOT. like other comments, if they didnt commit a crime, they would not be in this place. now a days, they have so much technology that they dont put innocent people in jail anymore. that was way before they had DNA. mayb this needs to happen a few more times, our tax dollars wouldnt be wasted now would they?
Your comment is so completely misinformed it would be funny if you didn't sound so ignorant. DNA!?! Seriously watch CSI and L&W too much? The cops almost never have DNA analyzed... least of all for a simple theft, burglary, or robbery case. And if they did on every simple case like that, you would be bitching up a storm about the waste of your tax dollar because "they are guilty, we should just execute them," right?
Of course, if a CO poisoning had happened in a hospital while you were in it, you would be running to the closest ambulance chaser looking for a payout. Are we supposed to feel sorry that you had gotten sick and the hospital had a crappy power system while you were there? Guess you should take better care of yourself next time...
The funny thing is that your type bitches about government waste and poor service... probably every time you have to sit at the DMV for longer than 5 minutes... you can't even see this as a problem with the government providing the services you pay for.
No matter who you are and/or what you may have done or been accused or convicted of doing, you are still human and have human rights.Carbon Monoxide poisoning is serious and yes, I do feel sorry for those who got sick, and might have died had this gone the wrong way.
No matter how good technology gets, there will always be a few innocents in jail. Unfortunate, but our legal system isn't perfect--because we as a human species aren't perfect.
Humankind has always had DNA. In fact, every living thing on the planet has DNA. There's no way that a living thing on this earth could not have DNA. No, we haven't always had tests for it, and testing for it has gotten more and more accurate in recent years, but mistakes are still made, samples can still be contaminated, DNA can still be left at a crime scene by someone looking to frame another person--a jealous ex-wife, a crooked cop just trying to close a case, unscrupulous technicians who can be paid to contaminate evidence, unreliable witness testimony, and easily-influenced jurors.
I am a biometrics technician, I take fingerprints for a living. Recently I had a woman come in to have her prints taken for a nursing license, and one of the questions I'm required to ask is if the person has a criminal record. She said yes, she was arrested once--and went on to tell me that she'd been in a neighborhood bodega, taken a jar of jelly off the shelf, looked at it put it back (we all do this) and the next person who took the jar off the shelf bought it, took it home, and got in an altercation with another person who took this full jar of jam, hit him over the head with it, and killed him.
When the cops checked the shards of glass for fingerprints, hers came up--and she was arrested on suspicion of murder.
It was cleared up eventually, but she still had to file to have that arrest expunged...and for certain jobs and certain types of background checks, that arrest will still come up.
The point is that no matter how good our technology is, innocents can still end up in jail and people will still fall through the cracks.