Record #:

29008

Author(s):

Goldsmith, Thomas

Abstract:

In North Carolina, the cost of inmates' hospital care is increasingly falling on the shoulders of county taxpayers, as mandated by a 2013 state law. Wake County officials say this is another example of the legislature shifting the burden of services to local governments.

Source:

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 14, April 2017, p12-15, il

Subject(s):

Prisoners--Medical care; Health care funding