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Jail deaths due to medical neglect seem too frequent this year; Should state regulators do more?

Inmate deaths in county jails may be bubbling to the surface as a statewide issue of concern in 2008. Several recent cases collectively give me the sense that we're starting to see patterns that inevitably will become more common with so many people locked up. Most famously, the feds are investigating the Harris County jail after 12 inmates died and two more committed suicide during a 12-month span, but that's just the tip of the iceberg to judge by recent revelations.In Potter County (Amarillo), a double murder suspect hung himself in the jail recently, and more troubling, a mentally ill probation revokee died after two use of force incidents, apparently spending at least two to three days in what a doctor said would have been excruciating pain leading up to his death without receiving proper medical attention...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 26, 2008 (boomark / email).