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‘Repulsive’ story about woman with rectal bleeding in jail not real news

Re “‘She has blood dripping from her.’ How one woman lived out a nightmare in jail” article in The Sun News.

I looked at The Sun News on Sunday, July 9, and was appalled at the headline photo and evidently continuing story about the woman at J. Rueben Long Detention Center.

It is not only sad and repulsive to read, (two sentences were more than enough!) but continued, I noticed, with another photo on a subsequent page.

At best, it is a terrible invasion of privacy. I have to wonder just how much The Sun News was paid to stoop so low as to print something like this and call it news.

Ann Berkes, Pawleys Island

This story was originally published July 11, 2017 at 7:36 PM with the headline "‘Repulsive’ story about woman with rectal bleeding in jail not real news."

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