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Author Klein, Andrew R., author.

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

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  344.7303 KLEIN    Check Shelf
Description xi, 318 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Jails vs prisons -- A step back : how America invented prisons -- Jails and prisons today -- How did America become the world's biggest jailer? -- Death in jails -- Getting away with murder, the failure to hold jails accountable -- Grieving families left to attempt to hold jails accountable -- Signs of hope -- Ending America's deadly jails.
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.
Subject Jails -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Jails -- Law and legislation. (OCoLC)fst00981142
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Klein, Jessica L., author.
Other Form: Online version: Klein, Andrew R., 1948- How american jails became death sentences Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2022 9781538162286 (DLC) 2021048026
ISBN 9781538162279 (hardcover)
153816227X (hardcover)
9781538162286 (electronic publication)
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