Marin County to expand involuntary medication of inmates

Marin County to expand involuntary medication of inmates

Marin County plans to expand a program to administer drugs to inmates against their will. Last fall, the Oversight Board authorized court-ordered medications to be administered to inmates deemed unfit to stand trial without their consent, if necessary. Before this authorization, detainees had to stay in prison for months until a bed was available in …

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Washington County Jail inmates settle lawsuit with doctor who prescribed ivermectin for COVID-19

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Five former inmates at an Arkansas county jail have settled their lawsuit against a doctor who they say gave them the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to fight COVID-19 without their consent . A federal judge last week dismissed the 2022 lawsuit against Dr. Robert Karas, who was a Washington County jail …

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