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Delaware Mother Jailed for Not Paying $177 in Fines, Dies in Custody, Nurse Convicted
Tiffany Reeves, a mother of three, was arrested in October 2018 on two outstanding warrants and detained at the Sussex Correctional Institution, an all-male facility, to await hearings before two judges. One of the warrants stemmed from Reeves’ attempt to purchase heroin a year earlier in New Castle County, Delaware ...
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- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
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