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Campbell, the Florida nurse who was strangled, voted with fellow nurses last year to unionize over issues including safety and what they say is patient overcrowding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The London institution has announced changes to how visitors see the historic work over concerns of overcrowding.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta’s office found substandard conditions including overcrowding, delays in medical care and poor quality food and drinking water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Now, amidst severe overcrowding in some areas, unsanitary conditions and limited healthcare access, the WHO is bracing for more and bigger disease outbreaks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

But the crime wave led to more inmates, and by 1927 there was serious overcrowding in all of the state’s facilities.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover


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