Outbreak Behind Bars: Spider Bites, Human Rights, and the Unseen Danger to Public Health

In late 2019, Dennis Oya's persistent cough was just the beginning of a harrowing tale of neglect and systemic failure in a Washington prison. Diagnosed eighteen months later with tuberculosis (TB), Oya's case sparked one of the largest prison TB outbreaks in decades, affecting over 3,000 contacts. This outbreak, and others like it, exposes the glaring weaknesses in prison healthcare systems.



In Outbreak Behind Bars, Homer Venters reveals the grim realities of how communicable diseases thriv...