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Overdose in an Arizona Prison? Expect a Bill
The state’s prison authorities defend a new policy of charging inmates for hospital drug treatment as a disciplinary measure for those who use contraband drugs. Advocates call it counterproductive and cruel for patients who earn less than a dollar a day.