#justinbibb — Public Fediverse posts

There have been three more deaths at the #CuyahogaCountyJail. That makes five this year. Like most people in the jail, these people had not been convicted of any crimes---they are being held pre-trial, mostly because they couldn't afford bail, although in one of these cases, the person died before the judge even had the chance to set bail. Another person had a parole violation, which is the other primary reason people wind up in the jail. It's a reminder that once you are sucked into the system of mass incarceration, you are almost never really free. You are subject to lifelong surveillance and discrimination.

The jail is a death trap. Five people are dead this year. There were eight in 2018. The intervening years have generally seen one or two deaths a year. No one should die in custody. When the government takes people's freedom away, it takes on the responsibility of keeping them safe. This is especially true of people who are still presumed innocent.

The Cuyahoga County Jail is an ongoing human rights atrocity

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/10/cleveland-man-dies-in-police-custody-before-he-is-booked-into-the-cuyahoga-county-jail.html

https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/11/02/female-inmate-dies-cuyahoga-county-jail/

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#HumanRights #MassIncarceration
#Cleveland
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