Visitor nearly denied entry to Florida prison over her prosthetic leg

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A woman was nearly turned away from visiting her loved one in a Florida prison due to her disability. She's now calling for change and pushing the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) for accountability. Continuing the ABC Action News series, Crisis in Corrections, the I-Team turned its attention from the state's treatment of prisoners to the treatment of loved ones who visit them. “My daughter and I went up as we do every weekend, and I was in front of the line pretty much, and when we walked in, they have a security, like a metal detector where you walk through. And it went off, and it didn’t cause me no concern because it always does. Because I’m an amputee and I wear a prosthetic," Denise Swisher told the I-Team.

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