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Staff resignations deepen health care problems at New York jail

NPR | By Kimberly Izar
Published June 9, 2026 at 3:45 AM CDT

A New York jail is struggling to provide adequate health care and pay medical workers, even after the last health vendor went bankrupt and a new one took over. Now, nurses are resigning.

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Kimberly Izar