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Some ppl—just look at the replies here—will point out that Wilhite was 70 and serving LWOP for murder, so “who cares.”

She was incarcerated in 1998—that’s 22 years. Far longer than murder sentences in other counties; longer than the stat MAX in many places. ImageImage
And while the articles, as noted above, say it seems like “no foul play,” the incarceration itself surely contributed to her death.

A 70 yr old White woman has, on ave, another ~17 years ahead of her. This is a significantly early death. Surely causally linked to incarceration. Image
And let me head off the inevitable and tedious: “So you just care about killers; I care about her victim! What about THOSE years of life?!”

To point out the brutality and lethality of prison, and our unique and excessive reliance on it, is NOT, at ALL, to oppose ACCOUNTABILITY.
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CORRUPTION IN MISSISSIPPI JAIL!Hello, my name is Kaylan Kidd. I was arrested for a Section 3-8 Violation (open container) in Vicksburg, MS on Sunday April 28 2019 around 3:43pm. The Vicksburg Police Department then transported me to Madison County Detention Center.
Madison County Detention Center is located in Canton, MS roughly 70 miles east of where I live. The Correctional officers met me with vulgarities, taunts, homophobic slurs, etc. Immediately, they, the correctional officers, took my glasses from me due to them being metal.
This further hindered me from performing simple tasks because I am “legally blind.” I was compliant and did everything that was required of me to the best of my abilities with this disadvantage.
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