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Should we fix the jails or get addicts out of them?

By Jordan Green

Triad City Beat | November 24, 2015

The death of a North Carolina woman, who had recently been incarcerated in a local jail, highlights how many addicts across the nation lack access to medication-assisted therapy while in detention awaiting trial, and raises the question as to whether jail is the appropriate place for addicts, particularly pregnant women.

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