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• Virginia jails struggle to screen inmates, prevent suicide

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  Suicide has long been the leading cause of death in jails around the country, reaching a high of 50 deaths for every 100,000 inmates in 2014

• Inspection finds persistent problems at Ohio jail

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  A state inspection of a troubled county jail in Cleveland found that problems with medical care, sanitation and inmate lockdowns persist

• 'A major step forward': Budget will expand addiction treatment in Conn. prisons

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  The funding could bring medication-assisted treatment to as many as 1,200 new patients

• Judge orders Idaho to give transgender inmate gender surgery

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  Barring any appeals, under the ruling Adree Edmo will become the first Idaho inmate to receive gender confirmation surgery while in Idaho DOC custody

• 5,000 inmates with hepatitis C who sued Pa. prisons will get treatment

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  Treatment, which will begin with the most advanced cases, will extend to everyone with hepatitis C in prison by 2022

• Jury selection complete in fatal prison riot prosecution

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  The four defendants are among 18 inmates charged in the riot in which one CO was and three other staffers were held hostage

• County Council will award new contract for health services at Fla. jail

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  Adding more licensed mental health professionals at the Volusia County Branch Jail is a prime concern

• Suit: Inmate injured in SC prison riot was too afraid to see doctor

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  The lawsuit said the inmate was attacked while hiding in his cell from known gang members during the April riot

• Report: Nearly half the deaths in Calif. jail could have been avoided

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  A report said the deaths could've been avoided if the sheriff’s department and medical staff paid more attention to health issues

• Neb. prisons big part of mental health care

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  One official says prisons effectively have become mental health facilities because so many inmates need treatment

• Ariz. prisons boss found in contempt over inmate care

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  The state was also fined $1.4 million for failing to adequately improve health care for inmates

• New momentum for addiction treatment behind bars

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  At least a quarter of the people in U.S. prisons and jails are addicted to opioids

• Ala. House passes $80 million increase for prisons, employees' pay raise

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  Alabama's prison system, needing more COs, would get the biggest increase under bills that advanced in the Legislature

• States face costly conundrum: How to treat inmates with hepatitis C

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  While the disease is common among the incarcerated, treatment with the latest hepatitis drugs isn’t

• Va. delegates tout bills to improve corrections officers' jobs

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  One bill would entitle COs to get workers' compensation under the presumption that ailments stem from their jobs

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