Oklahoma’s criminal justice system and state-funded rehabilitation program offered Josh McWhorter a chance to avoid prison and beat addiction — then abandoned him when he got sick.

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Kathryn Hurd is an investigative reporter and freelance writer based in San Francisco. She currently covers child welfare at UC Berkeley's Investigative Reporting Program. Her work has appeared in ProPublica, FRONTLINE, the San Francisco Examiner and KQED. Find more work at www.kathrynhurd.us.