A nurse who works in a correctional facility asks whether it is legal to hold a court-ordered psychotropic medication, and if so, under what circumstances.

This analysis of drug theft in long-term health facilities is believed to be a first in the field, and they obtained the public reports after a formal request to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Digging through state records, the KVUE Defenders uncovered state investigators cited Texas nursing homes 1,060 times for medication errors in 2011. In 2013, violations jumped by nearly 200 more.

FREMONT – A nurse charged with stealing medication from her patients at a Gibsonburg nursing home last year wants to be sent to rehab for a drug problem instead of prison. But the prosecutor on ...