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Hennepin County Jail crisis: Overcrowding and lack of resources | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Hennepin County Jail is in crisis due to overcrowding, understaffing, and inadequate medical care, resulting in seven deaths in the past two years and a lack of access to medical care for inmates awaiting trial.

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