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Judy Hall has the power of attorney for her 33-year-old son, Matthew Daniel Hall, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. But she wasn't notified when St. Dominic Hospital charged him for his care, despite the fact he is covered by Medicaid. The debt was turned over to a collection agency. Blair Ballou/MCIR

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MCIR: Medicaid covers his healthcare. St. Dominic charged him anyway. And a collection agency sued to collect.
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Mon,01/03/22-3:18PM , 556 Reads 30,605 Statewide
Matthew Daniel Hall had been treated for years at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital, but when his mother tried to get her disabled son into a home of his own, that proved impossible because his credit score had plummeted.
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Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain said that he expected to reopen Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, which was closed five years ago. Photo: MDOC

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Burl Cain vows to turn shuttered prison into haven of hope, hell for predators.
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Wed,12/22/21-1:12PM , 735 Reads 24,111 Statewide
If Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain has his way, a shuttered prison will become a haven of hope for addicted inmates — and a hell for inmates that prey on others.
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A protest outside the Grenada County Jail in Mississippi on Aug. 21, 2021, over the deaths of Robert and Debbie Loggins, who died years apart after being restrained by officers. Credit: Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting

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“Y’all going to kill me?” Years apart, mother and son die in police restraints
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Tue,11/30/21-9:42AM , 591 Reads 15,189 Statewide
This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S.
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Life-saving hormone ‘belongs to the world,’ scientists said. Insulin pricing challenges that concept.
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Wed,10/13/21-4:48PM , 605 Reads 17,605 Statewide
In 1921, scientists in Canada discovered insulin.
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