Montana inmates sue SD-based jail food service for Hepatitis C exposure

Montana inmates sue SD-based jail food service for Hepatitis C exposure

A recent lawsuit filed in federal court says that a contracted food preparation company operating the meal service for the Cascade County Detention Center saw an inmate who experienced a nosebleed during food service dripped blood into a pasta dish, and tried to throw out the contaminated food, only to be told to serve the food anyway. Now, some of the inmates who were served the food have contracted hepatitis C, the same disease the inmate had …