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Inmate Skylar Meade escapes custody in Idaho hospital after violent incident. Two officers injured, hospital briefly locked down for safety.

The scheduled execution by lethal injection of a convicted serial killer in Idaho was halted on Wednesday after a medical team had problems inserting an intravenous line, prison officials said.

Rob Jeffreys, who has led the department since June 2019, is stepping down.

BOISE, Idaho — The cost of implementing a bill that seeks to make the firing squad Idaho’s backup execution method has more than doubled since it was last reviewed by the state prisons system, according to a spokesperson for the agency.

The finding raises questions about the qualifications of the investigators who are crucial in holding abusive guards accountable.

The state is no longer planning to execute Gerard Pizzuto on December 15

Spacious collectorates on sprawling premises in 29 districts 

The state committed itself to change by entering into a consent decree in the Lippert vs. Jeffreys class action lawsuit on prison medical care in 2018, but an acceptable plan to provide care has never been submitted to the court.

A court monitor's report found evidence of neglect and abuse of dementia patients, including signing "do not resuscitate" orders that they could not understand.