Death before Sentencing

Death before Sentencing

Ending Rampant Suicide, Overdoses, Brutality, and Malpractice in America's Jails

Klein, Jessica L.; Klein, Andrew R.

Rowman & Littlefield

06/2022

330

Dura

Inglês

9781538162279

15 a 20 dias

667

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Chapter 1: Jails vs Prisons

Booking vs Non-Booking Jails

Police Lockups

Municipal Jails

Tribal Jails

Private Prisons

Chapter 2: A Step Back: How America Invented Prisons

Chapter 3: Jails and Prisons Today

The Numbers

COVID-19 Jail Exodus

Chapter 4: How Did America Become the World's Biggest Jailer?

Cash Bail and Bail Bondspersons

Deinstitutionalization

Racism and the War on Drugs

Probation and Parole, Recycling Inmates

Chapter 5: Death in Jails

Medical Examiners, Coroners and "Natural Deaths"

Suicides

Racism and Brutality, They Can't Breathe in Jails, Too

Weapons of Detainee Destruction: Tasers, WRAP, Pepper Spray, and Restraint Chairs

Jails' Toxic Environments

Drug and Alcohol Toxicity and Withdrawal

Security and Medical Providers Team Up to Deprive Care

Jail Medical Providers (Making Money, Limiting Care)

Chapter 6: Getting Away with Murder, The Failure to Hold Jails Accountable

Sheriffs Investigate Themselves

County Prosecutors Cover for Deadly Jails

State Review of Jails Tepid and Ignored

U.S. Justice Department Ends Custody Death Investigations

Fighting Accountability

Chapter 7: Grieving Families Left to Attempt to Hold Jails Accountable

Jail Withdrawal Wrongful Death Lawsuits Awards/Settlements Growing

Chapter 8: Signs of Hope

Holding Corrections Officer Accountable

Increasing Media Coverage

Increasing Prosecutorial Scrutiny

Electing Reform Sheriffs

Rebirth of U.S. Justice Department Oversight

Evicting For Profit Medical Providers

Even Medical Examiners?

Lawsuits Bear Fruit

Chapter 9: Ending America's Deadly Jails

Ending Correctional Medicine through Medicaid Expansion

Increasing Jail Oversight
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Correctional and Bail Reform;Criminal justice;criminal justice reform;criminal justice system;death in jail;death in prison;For Profit Correctional Medical Providers;Grand Jury Jail Investigations;In custody Deaths;Jail Death Coverups;Jails;Police Lock Ups;Pretrial detainees;prison death;prison reform;Sheriffs Correctional Role;suicide;Wrongful death lawsuits