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County accused of letting mentally ill inmates languish

The Associated Press//April 5, 2016//[read_meter]

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County accused of letting mentally ill inmates languish

County accused of letting mentally ill inmates languish

The Associated Press//April 5, 2016//[read_meter]

Lawyers pressing a decades-old lawsuit over conditions in metro Phoenix’s jail system say inmates with serious mental illnesses are suffering needlessly because authorities aren’t bringing them to outside treatment centers,...

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