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US jails rife with violence, abuse and overcrowding

Por: Associated Press Life November 04, 2022

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In California, lawyers accused staff at the Los Angeles County jail of for days at a time. In West Virginia, people held in the Southern Regional Jail urine and semen in their food. In Missouri, staged multiple uprisings last year, while in Texas, a Harris County Jail said she and her coworkers had started carrying knives to work for fear that they wouldn’t have backup if violence broke out.And while the infamous Rikers Island jail complex in... + full article



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