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City inmate care under scrutiny
By St. Louis Dispatch
Published: 06/08/2007

ST. LOUIS, MO — As city officials dig into a paramedic's claim that poor jail medical care contributed to the death of a woman held on a traffic charge, they enter a realm that has vexed comptrollers and courts alike.

How do jails and prisons give inmates the help to which they're legally entitled on what the taxpayers are willing to pay?

Problems most often stem from tight budgets and poor management, according to industry experts, who say the care nationally is dramatically better than in decades past. Read more.

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