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Public raises health and detention concerns tied to preventive-detention statute during Strafford delegation meeting
Summary
Multiple public commenters raised concerns about preventive detention procedures and treatment of detainees, urging the delegation to consider legislative or policy changes to reduce harm and address medication and medical needs in jail.
Several people used the delegation’s public-comment period to urge legislators to reconsider the county and state policies that place individuals into preventive detention while they await trial, raising specific concerns about the physical and medical welfare of detainees.
A public commenter described her husband’s recent experience: after intervening in a reported theft, he was arrested and later charged in an unrelated allegation and placed into preventive detention under…
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