Unqualified medical staff in WA jails putting inmates at risk of injury, death, KING 5 investigation finds

TACOMA, Wash. – Javier Tapia’s mental state was so diminished, he didn’t realize his toes had turned black at the Pierce County Jail in 2018. It wasn’t a nurse or doctor who noticed. It was a jail guard. After developing a life-threatening infection from a blood…

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