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Justice Delayed for Inmates in Need of Medication

By Matt Pulle

Dallas Observer | December 21, 2005

For the crime of driving with a suspended license, a 45-year-old woman with lupus lost the ability to walk.

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Tags: prisoners, stroke, Rhenia Chavers, U.S. Justice Department investigation of Dallas county's Lew Sterrett Justice Center

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