Convicts seek free medical care by deliberate arrest
Sheriffs report inmates fake illness to access free treatment, with examples like Causey in West Monroe. The issue inflates jail medical Budgets, prompting officials to discuss cost sharing and altered policing. Inmates frequently rely on hospital care while courts delay charges.
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Ouachita Parish
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Don Zeller
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Hall County
Dave Arnold
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Wayne Houck
Lincoln Parish
Tom Casady
Lincoln, Neb
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Timeline of notable events from 1836 to 1978
A concise chronology highlights the Wisconsin Territory formation in 1836, RCA's electron microscope reveal in 1940, Allied capture of Nuremberg and Stuttgart in 1945, Trudeau becoming Canada’s prime minister in 1968, the 1971 Supreme Court busing ruling, Apollo 16s lunar module landing in 1972, and a 1978 Korean Air Lines 707 shootdown with two fatalities.
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