Crosswords Not Counseling Part Two

July 9, 2017

“At the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pa., prisoners with serious mental illness are handed crossword and sudoku puzzles instead of counseling, according to a lawsuit that says prisoners at one of the most violent federal prisons are denied routine mental health care.”

Search for the keywords below in the puzzle above.

AGITATED
ANTIPSYCHOTIC
BEDSHEET
BUREAUOFPRISONS
CELLMATE
DENIED
FAMILY
GERARDOARCHE
HANDCUFFED
INMATE
INVESTIGATION
LEWISBURG
MEDICATIONS
NOCOMMENT
PARANOID
PLEADED
PRISON
RESTRAINED
STRANGLED


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Abigail Carl-Klassen has been published in ZYZZYVA, Cimarron Review, Guernica, Aster(ix) and Post Road. She was nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets 2015. She earned an MFA from the University of Texas El Paso’s Bilingual Creative Writing Program and taught at El Paso Community College and the University of Texas El Paso.

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