The cashier called 911 and told them that a man had robbed the store. When he pulled up he found the man sitting on the curb just waiting for him. He had pulled a knife and stolen one pack of Big Red chewing gum from the store.
All because it was getting cold outside and he needed a place to sleep. And he also had a toothache that had been bothering him for weeks. So he hoped to see a doctor while he was in county jail.
In terms of dental, most county jails will only do tooth pulls, not any other type of dental work. They will not try to save teeth at all.
[1] some larger areas like Cook County have their own healthcare systems and can be somewhat more sophisticated and less constrained by monetary concerns
The other side of it is that prison is the first time many people get any dental work done at all so they cone in with large problems all ready.
https://www.wmtv15news.com/content/news/MFD-Shed-fire-at-aba...
A man committed arson because he said he wanted to go back to prison and learn a trade this time.
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The suspect said he thought he had done enough to stay locked up earlier this week when he was arrested Monday for stealing $10,000 worth of property and a SUV from family members. Tuesday he was released from the Dane County Jail. He said to an officer that threw him for a loop, and he didn’t know what to do. The officers asked the man about another piece of paper found at the shed which was a handwritten bank robbery note. The suspect said that was plan B in case starting the fire didn’t work. He didn’t want to do that because he didn’t want to scare or hurt anyone. He figured igniting an abandoned shed should cause no significant hardship.