NEW: At least 7,571 people died while detained in the nation's top jails from 2008 to 2019, an unprecedented examination by Reuters found. Two-thirds of them, nearly 5,000 people, hadn't been convicted of the charges on which they were being held
The U.S. government collects detailed data on who’s dying in which jails around the country – but won’t let anyone see it.
So, Reuters conducted its own tally of fatalities in America’s biggest jails, pinpointing where suicide, botched healthcare and bad jailkeeping are claiming lives in a system with scant oversight.
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