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"Hundreds Die of Illnesses in County Jails"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this piece from the Texas Tribune.  Here are some excerpts: Sheriffs say that they are doing everything they can to care for people who come to them with a multitude of physical and mental illnesses that are exacerbated by drug and alcohol addiction.  And, they say, they are struggling to meet the health care needs of more inmates at a time when budgets are dwindling. There are no state standards for health care in county jails, but criminal justice advocates and correctional facility experts say the large number of illness-related deaths prove they are needed.  ?People aren?t dying of old age in jails,? said Michele Deitch, a jail conditions expert and professor at the University of Texas at Austin?s Lyndon B...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 14, 2010 (boomark / email).