Jails are spending wildly on medications, with some inmates facing a staggering $1,800 for a single month of long-acting injectables like Envega—what’s being done to tackle these soaring costs?

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Lawmakers are raising serious concerns about the capacity and governance of the Board of Local and Regional Jails, questioning if they can meet crucial behavioral health standards.

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Lawmakers are questioning why crucial behavioral-health standards for jails, established back in 2019, remain unenforced, sparking a heated debate on whether to create new laws or tie funding to compliance.

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