--- title: Washington State Penitentiary Campylobacter Litigation - Washington (2002) date: 2002-04-02T21:56:00-08:00 author: admin canonical_url: "https://marlerclark.com/news_events/washington-state-penitentiary-campylobacter-litigation-washington" section: News --- [All News](/news_events) / [Case News](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/case-news) / # Washington State Penitentiary Campylobacter Litigation - Washington (2002) More than 100 inmates at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, were infected with campylobacter jejuni blamed on poor food-handling in the prison kitchen. 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