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deaths in custody

4 posts in ‘deaths in custody’

first person

On Aging and Dying in Captivity

This year I passed a grim milestone: I’ve now been in captivity longer than I’d been alive when I was arrested.

Kevin Light-Roth

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public health

Beware the Healthier Cage

In Atlanta politicians are pushing for a bigger jail they claim will be more humane. But health-care workers are pushing back.

Mark Spencer

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Beyond Reform

Data and Liberation

We need more and better data about deaths in custody. But we don't need this data to know that only decarceration will save lives.

Therese Quinn, Jose Luis Benavides, Erica R. Meiners & Matthew Yasuoka

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public health

Treating Unfreedom

Practicing correctional medicine is fundamentally an exercise in harm reduction. And it’s no match for freedom itself.

Rachael Bedard & Zachary Rosner

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