AP Exclusive: Jails House 1100 Long-Term Inmates

Published March 7, 2013

AP Exclusive: Jails house 1100 long-term inmates

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In addition to finding space in their often-crowded jails, in many cases the sheriffs must provide specialized programs that are more costly than those for traditional county inmates. "We are not set up to house inmates for this period of time," said …
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Trial verdict

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… Dr. Howard Taras, the director of community resources at UC San Diego's Clinical and Translational Research Institute. “It can be an intervention program on smoking, a sleep study or taking an injection or a tablet. Each person gets specialized …
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Drug retailer targets HIV patients

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Consumer Watchdog, a grassroots advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit in January against San Diego's Anthem Blue Cross, claiming that the insurer's mandate requiring HIV/AIDS patients to receive certain drugs via mail order and not …
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Mindy McCready's funeral held in southwest Florida

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17 at her home in Arkansas, days after leaving a court-ordered substance abuse treatment program. The mother of two died from a single gunshot to the head about a month after her longtime boyfriend David Wilson's death, also thought to be suicide, in …
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