Monday, 27 May 2019

Why are so many people dying in US prisons and jails?

The number of Americans dying while incarcerated has surged while the US prison population has increased by 500% over the last 40 years

On 10 July 2015, 28-year-old Sandra Bland was pulled over in Prairie View, Texas, for what she was told by Texas state trooper Brian Encinia was failing to use her turn signal.

Three days after Bland’s arrest, she was found dead in her jail cell. The death was ruled a suicide but remains shrouded in mystery over how a wrongful arrest stemming from a minor traffic violation resulted in death.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2W4IPTL

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