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• DA: Pa. prison's medical staff's response in inmate death 'woefully inadequate'

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  A coroner said medical staff did not recognize for more than 25 minutes that the inmate had stopped breathing

• Calif. county agrees to spend $250M to improve jail conditions

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  The county has lessened solitary confinement, reduced COs' use of force and improved its mental health facilities

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  6 things bodycams can do that fixed cameras can’t

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  Body-worn cameras have become necessities for correctional facilities, rather than nice-to-have supplements to fixed camera surveillance

• Maine agrees to provide hepatitis C medication in prisons

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  The agreement will allow all infected prisoners to receive a costly, but highly effective medication to treat the disease

• Lack of screening, timely care ID'd in report on Calif. prison's COVID-19 response

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  Recommendations include that officials screen inmates daily, increase medical staffing and investigate instances of retaliation and threats over inmate concerns

• Sweeping COVID-19 protections ordered at Texas prison by federal judge

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  The ruling comes after weeks of testimony by inmates, officials and experts about the lack of access to soap, hand sanitizer and routine testing

• COVID-19 outbreak at Wis. prison tops 260 active cases, DOC says

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  Kettle Moraine is the Wisconsin prison with the highest number of COVID-19 cases among inmates since the pandemic began in March

• California to house transgender inmates by gender identity

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  The law applies only if the state does not have “management or security concerns”

• Women at Ga. immigration jail to no longer see doctor accused of misconduct

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  The allegations against the doctor were first revealed in a complaint filed last week by a nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center

• More women at Ga. immigration jail say they didn't OK surgery

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  The women's lack of consent or knowledge raises severe legal and ethical issues, lawyers and medical experts said

• Lawsuit: Private jail company caused Texas woman's death

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  Holly Barlow-Austin's family claims jail staff neglected her care and ignored her pleas for help as her health deteriorated and she went blind

• Officials to investigate forced surgery claims at Ga. immigration jail

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  A nurse claims a gynecologist, who she called the "uterus collector," was performing "mass hysterectomies"

• Lawsuit: Pa. county jail punishes mentally ill

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  Inmates claim the facility offers inadequate treatment and medication, and often punishes them with extended solitary confinement or excessive force

• Nurse questions medical care at Ga. immigration jail

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  The filed complaint includes questions surrounding hysterectomies, shredded medical records and refusals to test detainees for COVID-19

• Federal judge orders monitors in Ala. prison mental health case

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  The monitoring plan is aimed at making sure the ADOC follows the remedial orders

• The impact of COVID-19 on juvenile offenders in Florida

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  As of August 20, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice resumed limited family visitation to facilities that have no active COVID-19 cases

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