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29008
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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.
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27671
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Two employees of the Department of Public Safety have received federal subpoenas from a grand jury in connection with the death of mentally ill inmate Michael Anthony Kerr. Since Kerr’s death casued by dehydration, 9 prison workers have been fired, 2 have resigned, and another 20 to 30 were disciplined. The Department of Public Safety has also assigned a new administrator to Alexander Correctional and will begin rolling out a series of reforms for inmates with mental illnesses. Changes in policy and the new reforms are detailed.
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27705
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North Carolina prisons are currently operating with dozens of vacant positions for mental health workers. Vacancies were reported to have had a “very negative” impact on patient care by the Department of Public Services in 2012. Inmates with mental illnesses are increasing and the lack of staff to accommodate them has already been attributed to helping cause Michael Anthony Kerr’s death in 2014.
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28346
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Durham’s Kenneth Maready is facing a fifty-year sentence for killing a woman while driving under the influence. Maready’s story highlights the need for mental health services, but the inability of the poor to pay for them. Prison is often the only resort for people who suffer from mental illness and the only place they can receive limited treatment. Maready discusses his history of mental illness, substance abuse, suicide attempts, family life, and prison sentences.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 45, November 2007,
p15-21
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1239
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North Carolina law makes counties largely responsible for the medical care of their prisoners. In recent years the cost of these obligations has been staggering.
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18241
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North Carolina law provided inmates with the right to medical treatment both preventative and emergency. To ensure this care, the state participated in the American Medical Association's Standards for Health Services in Jails program beginning in 1978. The state was one of twenty-two others enrolled and specifics of this plan are reviewed.
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