Virus Breaks Out At T.I.’s Prison
A number of inmates recently became ill and have been treated at the prison, said Traci Billingsle. The symptoms appear to dissipate within 48 to 72 hours, she said. “Swine flu is not suspected because these all are all gastrointestinal-related,” Billingsley said. Visits were suspended Friday. They will resume when medical personnel are certain there is no risk of exposure, Billingsley said. The prison in Forrest City is a low-security facility housing male inmates, including rapper T.I., who is serving a yearlong sentence on a weapons charge.
From The Morning News
Authorities say visits with inmates have temporarily been suspended at the federal prison in Forrest City because of an illness outbreak. The prison says visits have been temporarily suspended because of a number of inmates with a “suspected gastrointestinal virus.” Prison officials say they don’t yet know what’s sickened the inmates, but that they don’t suspect swine flu. A prison official says visiting hours will resume once the virus is contained.
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missstrings436-25-2009 6:46 am
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bossmanbdwy276-24-2009 10:24 am
« Previous 1 2I support this article as it is based upon “the public has the right to know”. It appears that a lot of our black people on the planet have seriously missed that point. If we were not informed about the “so-called or viewed” SMALL things, we as a society would be upset as well.
We are never satisfied.
I give props to the writing staff as this was actually a live broadcast on the news.
Come on BlackPlanet folk, get the news and digest it intellectually first before attacking the messenger all of the damnnn time.
A reporter’s job is to report the news as it is. Not to sugar coat it or make it something that is pleasing to OUR ear. It is what it is. It can’t change to satisfy US.
Wake up my people.
Wake up.
To all the retarded (mentally challenged) individuals that keep asking why there was no mention of T.I. in this article, it’s because the title states “Virus Breaks out at T.I.’s Prison”. Never does it imply that T.I. will be discussed in this article. The only reason they mention his stage name, is because it gives some context as to which prison. In addition, he is famous and it will draw readers’ attention.