Why the St. Louis Jail Reflects City’s Deepest Struggles
The St. Louis City Justice Center was supposed to make things better. Forty-five people in custody have died since the ...
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Tag: Public Health
Why Some Doctors Are Pushing to End Routine Drug Testing During Childbirth
The request from child welfare authorities seemed harmless enough: Order a newborn drug test. Dr. Sharon Ostfeld-Johns and her hospital ...
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Drug Testing of Pregnant Patients Is Discriminatory, Lawsuit Claims
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this ...
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How to Investigate COVID’s Deadly Toll in Your State Prisons
Deaths of incarcerated people spiked in almost every state during the COVID pandemic, hitting people aged 50 or older especially ...
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Man who threw chair from NYC building has history of mental illness: family
The man who launched a lawn chair and other patio furniture off a 20-story Midtown Manhattan highrise Monday is a Haitian ...
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Why States Want to Get People Medicaid Before They Leave Prison
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