The number of jailed pregnant women fighting addiction has increased amid the skyrocketing opioid use in the past decade that led Virginia to declare a public health emergency in 2016.
By Alyssa Hutton, Capital News Service Video by Jimmy Sidney, VCU InSight RICHMOND, Va. — Karlee Clements was six months pregnant, “full on into addiction” and begging to go to jail because she was afraid she would kill her child. Soon after, she was incarcerated at Riverside Regional Jail for a violation. Because of her […] The post Number of incarcerated pregnant women increases amid opioid epidemic appeared first on Virginia Mercury.
Bills to increase transparency within public college and university animal testing facilities advanced in the General Assembly, but with amendments. Sen.