I guess it is shocking and suspicious that Jeffrey Epstein died while incarcerated because it is Jeffrey Epstein, but people die in jails and prisons every day in video monitored cells or while on suicide-watch and no one blinks. appealpolitics.org/2019/jail-deat…
Two people die in county jails every day. That's just county jails, not prisons. In Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland, Ohio, 9 people have died in the past year, 5 by suicide. Most recently, in May, Nicholas Colbert, a 36-year-old army veteran. theappeal.org/veterans-death…
Kelly Coltrain was in a video-monitored cell. She had a seizure and stopped moving for 6 hours. A guard came and checked on her. She was dead, but he left her there until the next morning. Video footage in this case also went missing. wusa9.com/article/news/n…
Before being admitted to Erie County jail on February 1, 2016, India Cummings had no criminal history or known mental health problems. By February 21, she was dead - her death ruled a homicide - 1 of 24 people to die under Sheriff Timothy Howard's watch. theappeal.org/24-prisoners-h…
Madison Jensen begged staff at a Utah jail for help when she went into withdrawal, violently vomiting & excreting diarrhea. They ignored her. Four days after being admitted & weighing just 87 lbs, having lost a shocking 42 lbs, she died of dehydration. theappeal.org/utah-jail-nurs…
The prison guard who anonymously sent 2,000 photos taken inside an Alabama prison to @splcenter, wrote, "I can’t help but wonder if the public knows just how bad these men are treated."
A small selection of the photos were published by @nytimes. splinternews.com/the-leaked-pho…
@splcenter @nytimes We literally ignore that people are dying every day in our jails and prisons, until a rich White man does. And even then there is only real interest because there is a conspiracy theory angle.
@splcenter @nytimes Don't get me wrong. Jeffrey Epstein's death should be investigated. It is super troubling.
So should all the other deaths of people in jails in prisons. Their lives are just as valuable and they deserve just as much justice.
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