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Receiving Medical and Mental Healthcare on the Inside
Class Actions, Healthcare Ashley LaFranchi Class Actions, Healthcare Ashley LaFranchi

Receiving Medical and Mental Healthcare on the Inside

No one expects going to jail to be pleasant. In West Virginia, however, going to jail can be more than just an unpleasant experience, due in part to a major function of jails that many people who have never been to one may not consider: healthcare. Many people who end up in jails, particularly in West Virginia, aren’t only struggling with these types of conditions but may (also) be dealing with serious addiction or mental health issues. People enter jails in need of high quality medical and mental healthcare, provided in a timely and professional manner. What many people have received in West Virginia jails in recent years, however, is anything but that.

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