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On a “From the Vault” edition of “Inside the Investigation,” KXAN Director of Investigations & Innovation Josh Hinkle and Senior ... Inmates who are supposed to be sent to a state hospital for treatment are instead sitting behind bars. Tracy McClain speaks as a former jail nurse on the medical neglect she knows happens in

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