Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention

Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention

  • be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Our justice system is so fucked.

    Pruce said it most worried him that all seven deaths at the jail involved pre-trial detainees.

    “It means you are being detained in jail without being convicted of the crime you are charged with,” Pruce said, “and dying.”