Stateville prison malaria research reexamined: Scholars pull back curtain on untold story of Black prisoners

Much attention has been paid to malaria research conducted on inmates at Illinois’ Stateville Penitentiary and the fraught ethical issues that the carceral studies raised. Stateville inmates were infected with the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease from 1945 to 1974 to test the efficacy of various antimalarial treatments—part of an effort to protect American troops serving overseas.

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