Sheriff Robert Luna, whose department runs the jails, has blamed the poor health of the inmates leading up to their arrest.
Big “the slaves were sick when I bought them” energy 🤬
Many, he told The Times, receive the “best healthcare” of their lives while incarcerated.
Even if that was true (almost certainly isn’t), it would only reinforce what we already knew: that poor people who can’t afford the basic necessities of dignified life are extremely over-represented in jails and prisons.
But a Times review of thousands of pages of autopsies, lawsuits, medical records and oversight reports found another common thread stretching across all causes of death: neglect, by both guards and medical staff.