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| Detention center's medical costs soar |
| By Carlsbad Current-Argus |
| Published: 08/23/2007 |
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CARLSBAD, NM - The tab for 13 inmates needing medical and dental care at the Eddy Detention Center last month came in at over $18,000 and still counting, detention officials said. Warden D.P. Lyons told county leaders jail overcrowding and an unhealthy inmate population is the root of the high medical costs, which the county has no option but to pay. Denial of medical care would expose the county to lawsuits by inmates and their families, he said. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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