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Brooke was arrested on several counts of aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment, according to WFMZ. An autopsy did not determine any obvious cause of death. Jail or Agency: Berks County Prison; State: Pennsylvania; Date arrested or booked: 3/17/2016; Date of death: 6/23/2016; Age at death: 26; Sources: www.wfmz.com
County jails may be able to improve access to medical care and lower death rates behind bars through healthcare accreditation, according to new research by Harvard University economists — but ...
There may be one county jail in your area but multiple police lockups. Contact the local sheriff and police departments to determine how many facilities hold new detainees, even if it's only for 24 to 72 hours. If a local jail doesn't send out press releases about deaths — many don't — file public records requests to obtain unreported ...
On January 1, 2008 more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States were in prison or jail. [7] [8] Total U.S. incarceration peaked in 2008. [5] The U.S. incarceration rate was the highest in the world in 2008. [4] It is no longer the highest rate. [9] The United States has one of the highest rates of female incarceration. [10]
[11] [12] An investigation by KTVU found that for the years 2014-2019, Santa Rita Jail's death rate was 50% higher than Los Angeles County (13.6 to 8.9 deaths per 1,000 inmates) and was the highest in the Bay Area. [13]
If you have information about a death in jail Send us a tip if you have more information about someone in our database or another death in custody between July 13, 2015 and July 13, 2016. The scope of our project covers jails — short-term facilities in which many inmates have not been convicted — not prisons.
A death in custody is a death of a person in the custody of the police or other authorities or while in prison. In the 21st century, death in custody remains a controversial subject, with the authorities often being accused of abuse, neglect and cover-ups of the causes of these deaths.
Monroe was among at least 11 inmates who died of drug overdoses in county jails last year. Jail records show Monroe and several others, including Da’Marious McClain, 19, who died in a Wake ...