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Rosana Hughes


Silverdale inmate said he had to ’cause a scene’ twice before receiving medication for potentially deadly pre-existing condition

During a Friday morning court hearing, a Silverdale Detention Center inmate again told a Hamilton County Criminal Court judge that he had to "cause a scene" at least twice in order to receive his prescribed daily medication and that inmates weren't being provided with masks or cleaning supplies to help protect themselves from COVID-19.

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Judge Don Poole looks over information as he sentences Ben Brewer in Hamilton County Criminal Court on Monday, March 12, 2018 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Brewer was convicted on multiple charges in the deaths of six people when his tractor-trailer crashed into their vehicles on Interstate 75 near Ooltewah in 2015.