While Minnesota prisons have daily medical staff, county jails rely on a patchy network of private providers. The newly enacted Larry R. Hill Medical Reform Act aims to mandate prescription access, if county jails actually enforce it.
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New MN law ends prison gerrymandering
Minnesota has passed a law banning prison gerrymandering, which requires state and local governments to count incarcerated people at their last home addresses when drawing new political boundaries after each census.
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Trump is no Cousin Ray RayÂ
Judge Juan M. Merchan has warned Donald Trump that violating a gag order could result in jail time, while Trump continues to criticize the judge and prosecutors in an attempt to avoid jail.