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Death before sentencing : ending rampant suicide, overdoses, brutality, and malpractice in America's jails  Cover Image Book Book

Death before sentencing : ending rampant suicide, overdoses, brutality, and malpractice in America's jails

Klein, Andrew R. (author.). Klein, Jessica L., (author.).

Summary: "How American Jails Became Death Sentences goes beyond the current headlines to reveal the long simmering national scandal that is American jails"--

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  • ISBN: 9781538162279
  • ISBN: 153816227X
  • ISBN: 9781538162286
  • Physical Description: print
    xi, 318 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-305) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Jails vs prisons -- A step back : how America invented prisons -- Jails and prisons today -- How did America become the world's biggest jailer? -- Death in jails -- Getting away with murder : the failure to hold jails accountable -- Grieving families left to attempt to hold jails accountable -- Signs of hope -- Ending America's deadly jails.
Subject: Jails Law and legislation United States
Prisoners Abuse of United States
Prisoners Mental health United States
Prisoners Legal status, laws, etc United States

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Kirtland Community College Library KF 9735 .K54 2022 30775305556244 General Collection Available -

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