UTMB is really managing to get itself some good press here. "Grits for Breakfast" is one of the top-ranked blogs in Texas. It specifically watches the Texas prison system.
Grits for Breakfast: Vampire cops train on mentally ill TDCJ inmates
The UT Medical Branch at Galveston, which provides health care at most Texas prison units, has been in the news recently for making a little money on the side. First it was a UTMB doc sanctioned for allegedly prescribing drugs to addicts outside his prison practice. Now we learn of UTMB's participation in a contract to train police officers to take blood following DWI stops by practicing on mentally ill inmates. KHOU published this statement from the medical school:
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