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Anthony Johnson, a 31-year-old former Marine, died while in custody in April. Two jailers have already been charged with his murder.
The Shelby County jail has grown more deadly than the infamous Rikers Island, and it's been slow to address widespread problems.
The Justice Department announced in July that it would investigate the jail.
Video footage of Holly Barlow-Austins last 48 hours in jail show her struggling to move, using her hands to feel her way around the cell.
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Joshua McLemore spent 20 days in solitary confinement instead of receiving the medical help he needed. A lawsuit says his death was "preventable."
Holly Barlow-Austin died after her stay at the Bi-State Jail, a privately run facility which sits on the border of Texas and Arkansas.
A study released by the ACLU finds that coronavirus death models fail to account for the role jails will play in spreading COVID-19.
Jail suicides are almost entirely preventable, and theyre far more common than you might think.
On the fourth anniversary of Sandra Bland's death, the feds are falling even further behind in releasing information about jail and prison deaths.
What happened to Terrill Thomas was a form of torture," said an attorney for his family.
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