Death before sentencing : ending rampant suicide, overdoses, brutality, and malpractice in America's jails / Andrew R. Klein ; with Jessica L. Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Andrew R., author.

Klein, Jessica L., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jails--Law and legislation--United States.

Jails.

Jails--Law and legislation.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 318 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

Summary:

"How American Jails Became Death Sentences goes beyond the current headlines to reveal the long simmering national scandal that is American jails"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Jails versus Prisons

Booking versus Nonbooking Jails

Police Lockups

Municipal Jails

Tribal Jails

Private Prisons

2. A Step Back: How America Invented Prisons

3. Jails and Prisons Today

The Numbers

COVID-19 Jail Exodus

4. How Did America Become the World's Biggest Jailer?

Cash Bail and Bail Bondspersons

Deinstitutionalization

Racism and the War on Drugs

Probation and Parole, Recycling Inmates

5. Death in Jails

Medical Examiners, Coroners, and "Natural Deaths"

Suicides

Racism and Brutality: They Can't Breathe in Jails, Too

Weapons of Detainee Destruction: Tasers, WRAP, Pepper Spray, and Restraint Chairs

Jails' Toxic Environments

Drug and Alcohol Toxicity and Withdrawal

Security and Medical Providers Team Up to Deprive Care

Jail Medical Providers (Making Money, Limiting Care)

6. Getting Away with Murder: The Failure to Hold Jails Accountable

Sheriffs Investigate Themselves

County Prosecutors Cover for Deadly Jails

State Review of Jails Tepid and Ignored

U.S. Justice Department Ends Custody Death Investigations

Fighting Accountability

7. Grieving Families Left to Attempt to Hold Jails Accountable

Jail Withdrawal Wrongful Death Lawsuits Awards/Settlements Growing

8. Signs of Hope

Holding Corrections Officers Accountable

Increasing Media Coverage

Increasing Prosecutorial Scrutiny

Electing Reform Sheriffs

Rebirth of U.S. Justice Department Oversight

Evicting For-Profit Medical Providers

Even Medical Examiners?

Lawsuits Bear Fruit

9. Ending America's Deadly Jails

Ending Correctional Medicine through Medicaid Expansion

Increasing Jail Oversight.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Klein, Andrew R., 1948- How american jails became death sentences

ISBN:

9781538162279

153816227X

OCLC:

1308410037