Finally got around to reading this Reuters project on jail deaths, and it is very well done: reuters.com/investigates/s…
When you do a jail death project like this you end up getting really frustrated about DOJ hoarding really useful data that could reform jails and save lives: reuters.com/investigates/s… 
“It’s a national scandal that we have so little information about people who die in state custody. I don’t know of any other developed country where it’s really impossible to say how many people died in jails and prisons in a given year.” huffpost.com/entry/jail-dea…
“The Justice Department collects jail death data, but locks the information away, leaving policymakers, investigators and activists unaware of problem facilities.” reuters.com/investigates/s…
“The American public has no idea what’s taking place, and because of the lack of public awareness, there’s a corresponding lack of public outrage.” m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_58…
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