There’s Nothing Wrong with the Water

A corroded, rust-stained institutional faucet drips discolored water beside aging exposed pipes in a decaying state facility.

Georgia’s public-health agency confirmed Legionella in a South Georgia prison’s water. Thirty days later, the corrections department told the men living there — in writing — that no outbreak existed. The contamination, and the antibiotics, followed them to the next prison.

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