SECRECY AND MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION ON PRISONERS - A CASE STUDY OF THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SUPPRESSION IN THE REPRESSION AND EXPLOITATION OF PEOPLE

• NCJ Number: 17232
• Author(s): L BURGER; M L BUNDY
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Urban Information Interpreters Inc
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS IS A REPORT OF A CASE STUDY WHICH ATTEMPTS TO SHOW HOW THE GOVERNMENTS, BY WITHHOLDING VITAL INFORMATION, SEEKS TO CONTINUE REPRESSIVE AND EXPLOITATIVE PROGRAMS IN ITS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

Abstract

THE PROGRAM IN QUESTION TESTS NEW VACCINES DEVELOPED AGAINST SUCH INFECTIOUS DISEASES AS CHOLERA, MALARIA AND TYPHOID ON INMATES AT THE MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT JESSUP, MD. INMATE PARTICIPANTS ARE GIVEN THE EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE; A PERIOD OF TIME IS ALLOWED FOR IT TO TAKE EFFECT; THEN THEY ARE INFECTED WITH A DISEASE. COMPARISONS ARE MADE BETWEEN A CONTROL GROUP WHICH DID NOT RECEIVE THE PROTECTIVE VACCINE AND THOSE WHO RECEIVED IT. THE INVESTIGATORS INFERRED THAT THE PRISONERS WERE BEING COERCED INTO PARTICIAPTION BY THE PAY (2 DOLLARS FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM V. 65 CENTS FOR NORMAL PRISON LABOR PER DAY). INVESTIGATORS WERE UNABLE TO GET INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT FROM THOSE SOURCES WHICH COULD BE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION.