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Bureau of Prisons switching kidney health formulas

American Indian and Alaska Native inmates eligible for medical release will be impacted.

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Rob Capriccioso
May 06, 2022
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The New York Times reported last week that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will soon (“next few months”) stop using a race-based calculation of kidney health that has been determined to be inaccurate by a growing number of health professionals who say it can lead to inequitable treatment and wrong diagnoses.

As the report notes, some judges continue to…

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