NC jail deaths hit record level in 2018
More inmates died in North Carolina’s jails in 2018 than any other year since the state began tracking deaths in 1997.Forty-four inmates died behind bars or at a medical facility after becoming ill in the jail last year. That’s four more than the previous high in 2015. But over the past five years, jail deaths have trended upward despite more public awareness.”With all the attention that’s being paid on it, these numbers should be going down,” said Rep. Marcia Morey, a Durham […]
