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Philadelphia apologizes for experiments on Black inmates

Holmesburg Prison, in the northeast section of Philadelphia, is shown in this aerial view from 1970. [AP Photo]

The city of Philadelphia issued an apology Thursday for the unethical medical experiments performed on mostly Black inmates at its Holmesburg Prison from the 1950s through the 1970s.

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