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NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits
by David M. Reutter
A settlement approved by the federal court for the Eastern District of California on January 16, 2024, recalls an all-too familiar jail story. A wheelchair-bound detainee named Gregory Cantu was denied anti-seizure medication after arriving at Kings County Jail in Hanford on a probation violation. Despite ...
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