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Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland’s New Prisoner Health Care System
Loaded on March 15, 2008
by Michael Rigby
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2008, page 16
Audit Reveals Problems with Maryland's New Prisoner Health Care System
Filed under:
CMS,
Contractor Misconduct,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Staffing,
Mental Health,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Maryland.
by Michael Rigby
Maryland's new prisoner health care program remained understaffed in 2006, and the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) has yet to implement promised drug treatment programs or an electronic database meant to better track …
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