Jail Health Care A Chronic Problem

Yvonne Wingett and JJ Hensley, Phoenix Arizona Republic
Sun, 05/31/2009 - 12:00am

An Arizona Republic investigation into Correctional Health Services reveals a system with chronic problems and top county officials who seem unwilling to fix them. And since 1998, the county has paid $13 million in legal fees, settlements and jury verdicts to inmates and their families for injury and death claims against CHS.

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