More people are dying in American prisons – here's how they face the end of their lives
- Written by Martha Hurley, Professor and Director of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Dayton
An inmate inside the nursing unit at Louisiana State Penitentiary.Annie Flanagan for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesOutbreaks of coronavirus have hit prison populations particularly hard – but for many inmates in the U.S., illness and the prospect of dying behind bars already existed.
Advocacy groups have flagged concerns about disease...
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