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Tarrant County Jail health care

Number 22214
Subject Criminal Justice System
Source Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas)
State TX
Year 2005
Publication Date Oct. 2-3
Summary Autrey examined medical care at Tarrant County jails, tracking each of the 10 deaths at the jail during 2004. She relates the extensive problems she found with medical care at the jail. Hospital administrators responsible for jail care overlooked the signs of crisis, spoke of political retribution for the sheriff when he complained and proclaimed the problems solved several times, although they were not.
Category None
Pages 28
Keywords Tarrant County;jail;prison;health care
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