Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention
cops
“A jail is not equipped to be an emergency room,” said Joel Pruce of the Montgomery County Jail Coalition, a community organization pushing for reform at the facility. “People come in with medical needs that are extreme and significant, and a jail is not equipped to deal with them.
“I think everybody bears responsibility. At the end of the day, [it’s] the sheriff, the county commissioners, county administrators and Naphcare.”
Naphcare, a private company headquartered in Alabama, holds a $13m contract with Montgomery county to provide mental and physical healthcare to people housed at the jail.
cops + for profit healthcare
John Oliver just did a great episode on what a scam prison healthcare is.
Are we allowed to get back to criticizing Dayton cops? I swear to fuck the fact that they managed to stop a mass shooting once made it so criticizing them got you called out for years.
Our justice system is so fucked.
Pruce said it most worried him that all seven deaths at the jail involved pre-trial detainees.
“It means you are being detained in jail without being convicted of the crime you are charged with,” Pruce said, “and dying.”
