Why Should I Get a Private Autopsy?
When someone dies under “common” or very clear circumstances, such as disease, car accident, or old age, finding the cause of death through a board [...]
What are the Common Causes for In-Custody and Jail Deaths in America?
There are over 158,000 federal inmates currently in custody in the United States, and nearly 2 million people in state (and federal) prisons, local jails, [...]
Los Angeles In Custody Deaths: What’s Happening in Jail?
In 2018, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said there were 1,120 reported deaths in jails nationwide. That’s a rate of 154 deaths for every [...]
Riverside County Jail Deaths: What’s Going On?
Jail isn’t known to be a particularly pleasant experience for those locked inside, but it also shouldn’t be a place so poorly run it borders [...]
Keenan Anderson: Tased to Death By L.A. Police
The spotlight on how officers mistreat black individuals during arrests is still shining bright, as another black person falls victim to excessive and/or blatant force [...]
Covid in County Jails: Inmates are Caught in a Potential Death Trap
On Friday December 11, 2020 Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson ordered Sheriff Don Barnes to release 50% of the inmate population from Orange [...]
In-Custody Deaths from Alcohol Withdrawal: An Ongoing Nationwide Atrocity
On any given day, thousands of people are arrested and jailed who are to some degree alcohol-impaired. Most of these people are not in grave [...]