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This article examines whether it is morally permissible for nurses in hospital settings to access information about prisoner-patients\u2019 criminal histories. Nurses may argue for a right to such information based on the right to personal safety at work or the obligation to provide prisoner-patients with the care that they deserve. These two arguments are considered and rejected. It is further argued that accessing information about a prisoner-patient\u2019s criminal history violates nurses\u2019 duty to care. Care, understood through Sarah Ruddick\u2019s account as work and relationship, requires nurses to be open and unbiased in order to do their part in forming a caring relationship with patients. 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