- Two more inmates die by suicide in California’s state prison system
Two California prisoners who died late last month became the 37th and 38th prisoners to die by suicide in the state’s prisons in 2019. Their deaths pushed the suicide rate among prisoners to 30.3 deaths per 100,000 incarcerated people — a 30-year high in the state....[
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San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, January 6, 2020
- Inmate Killed in Fight at Central California Prison
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An inmate was killed in a fight at a California prison and homicide investigators have arrested one of his fellow prisoners, authorities said Sunday....[
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US News, Sunday, January 5, 2020
- Federal prison guards falsified records of cell checks, inmate counts
WASHINGTON–Federal prison employees have falsified logs to claim they conducted mandatory cell checks and inmate counts when they didn't, according to a recent examination revealed by an internal Bureau of Prisons memo....[
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usatoday.com, Friday, November 8, 2019
- Inmate accused of human trafficking put into medically induced coma after suicide attempt
An inmate accused of human trafficking was in a medically induced coma Saturday evening following a suicide attempt at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center earlier that afternoon, officials say....[
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mysanantonio.com, Sunday, November 3, 2019
- Inmate suicides like Jeffrey Epstein's are increasing - and predictable, senator says
Federal inmates were killing themselves at escalating rates when the Trump administration slashed 5,156 officers and staff positions through a hiring freeze and budget cuts - a downsizing of 14%....[
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The Washington Post, Saturday, August 31, 2019
- Federal prison suicides were quietly rising before Jeffrey Epstein's death in a New York detention center
WASHINGTON – When accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself while awaiting trial this month, it was the first recorded suicide at Manhattan’s federal detention center in 13 years....[
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USA TODAY, Thursday, August 22, 2019
- After Jeffrey Epstein suicide, we must reform our criminal justice system: Readers sound off
Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was pronounced dead Saturday at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City in an apparent suicide. The financier was awaiting trial for sex trafficking minors....[
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USA Today, Monday, August 12, 2019