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>> what the jail officials and the doctor at the jail say is that they did provide medical care to amy lynn coulding. they say her death wasn't their fault. it's unclear what medications she did receive in total there. we do know when she started having seizures and nurses reported she was aekticted out injected hermann with hal halidol. the 29th of december is when jailers found her dead in her cell. >> when we talk about her death, this was the ninth at a gregg county jail since 2005, isn't that a high number. >> well, it is compared to other jails of its size. the gregg county jail has more...

Deaths. so nine was an unusually high number. >> also, when we -- through your reporting, gregg county reported to have a high staff turnover rate. were you able to pinpoint why that is? >> well what we found that is, over the last -- each of the last two years, about 40% of the staff at that jail was either terminated or turned in their resignation. the sheriff says, you flow, the pay is low. it's hard to find qualified staff in that rural area of the state and they work under stressful conditions. he tries to provide training that goes above and beyond the state standards that are set for ja...