Death and life in Texas jails / Michael Barajas
This Is Hell!
This Is Hell!
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🗓️ 15 November 2021
⏱️ 72 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's a civil like it and a little one is. |
| 0:04.0 | Hä, Zayagag and Zayagag and Zayagagans. Take it back. making back! This is hell. |
| 0:37.0 | manufacturing descent since 19. Hell. being detained in a county jail on a misdemeanor charge can be a death sentence. |
| 0:56.0 | Those with chronic diseases that need regular medication can be cut off from that life-giving |
| 1:01.0 | remedy and detainee complaints over health concerns are often |
| 1:05.2 | dismissed or ignored by those working in jails. |
| 1:09.2 | When it comes to mental health issues, issues that may have led to circumstances that led to |
| 1:13.7 | detention incarceration is prioritized over those health concerns which have |
| 1:17.6 | at times led to the detainee committing suicide as you might remember was the case with the late Sandra Bland. |
| 1:25.0 | In fact the majority of those who die in jail are not convicted of a crime. |
| 1:29.0 | They are merely being held on charges on allegations they committed a crime, |
| 1:32.6 | often unable to afford bail. |
| 1:35.3 | Meanwhile, with jail deaths increasing since 2009, |
| 1:39.0 | Texas Governor Greg Abbott wants to limit jail releases in overcrowded jails, even during a pandemic, as well as required |
| 1:45.9 | bail for those alleged to have committed a violent crime, both of which can lead to more detainee |
| 1:50.9 | deaths in jail. |
| 1:52.6 | And it's not like Texas County jails are lacking oversight. |
| 1:56.4 | They are keenly aware from countless reports of the problems |
| 1:59.1 | with physical and mental health care in their jails. |
| 2:02.1 | The real problem is there is no enforcement |
| 2:05.0 | especially by the Texas Rangers and jailers are rarely if ever held accountable |
| 2:09.9 | for their mistreatment, brutality, and cruelty toward detainees. |
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