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Jail Populations Are Down. So Why Are Inmate Deaths Up?

Jail Populations Are Down. So Why Are Inmate Deaths Up?

Political Breakdown

April 2, 202424m 44s

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Show Notes

Fewer people are being held in county jails across California than a decade ago, and yet record numbers of incarcerated people are dying while in custody. Among the leading causes of death are drug overdoses and suicide. Scott talks with CalMatters reporter Nigel Duara, who spent the last nine months looking at the roots of these increased deaths in county jails and what's being done to address it. 

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