County jail inmates across the region are suffering from preventable circumstances due to a lack of uniform health care standards and resources. Several have died before ever even stepping foot into a courtroom for their alleged crimes.
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- ANALISA TROFIMUK DREW ZIMMERMAN
Providing additional funding and staff for Illinois jails to handle inmates' medical needs has been a challenge at the state and federal level.
- ANALISA TROFIMUK DREW ZIMMERMAN
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Families, sheriffs and providers agree: jail is often the default response to addiction, even as withdrawal can become a medical emergency.
- ANALISA TROFIMUK DREW ZIMMERMAN
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An investigation into nearly 100 Illinois jail cases shows repeated medical failures that left people injured, suffering or dead before their cases were heard.
- Charles Borla
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For Star subscribers: The "Safe City Initiative" is in response to residents' "palpable frustration", Tucson Mayor Regina Romero said.
- Gina Chorover, Foothills
As others in Tucson have seen, the problem of drug use and addiction has exploded in the past few years. Addressing the issue of supply is imp…
- Brint Milward Special to the Arizona Daily Star
President Trump’s proposed cuts to health care spending at the state and local levels will savage Medicaid and other safety-net programs. They will almost certainly result in reduced health care coverage for millions of low-income Americans.
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Why does child abuse happen? A new public service announcement says most people think it’s a “bad parent problem,” but the ad suggests “the root causes may be different than you think.”
- Howard Fischer
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A legislative panel in Arizona voted Tuesday to allow people suspected of being impaired on drugs to be locked up for up to five days without their consent.
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Studies have shown that men have historically been less likely to report mental health issues than women. Lower rates of self-reporting among …
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