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Local officials often say they have no choice but to jail people awaiting treatment for mental illness and substance abuse — even if they’re not charged with a crime. But some people have died in the system that’s supposed to protect them.

Local officials often say they have no choice but to jail people awaiting treatment for mental illness and substance abuse — even if they’re not charged with a crime. But some people have died in the system that's supposed to protect them.

Source NM’s breaking series on a cyberattack, a shortage of workers, and 'life-threatening' health care lapses, according to a court-appointed expert

Whistleblowers say management puts underqualified nurses into critical positions, and that endangers the inmates — and the nurses’ medical licenses.