The steady stream of deaths continues as courts deliberate a federal takeover of NYC jails.

Dashawn Jenkins, 27, died March 31 on Rikers Island. Correctional officers noticed that Jenkins was "visibly ill" at 9:15 p.m. After medical workers attempted to provide care until nearly 10 p.m., he was pronounced dead. Jenkins is the fifth person to die during or immediately following their incarceration in New York City’s dangerous jails this ...

90 people have died in LA County jails since the start of 2023.

How are people dying? Los Angeles County has not yet publicly issued causes of death for everyone who has died in county jails in recent months. And even once even once autopsy reports are finalized, they don’t tell the whole story. When the coroner rules that a death is the result of “natural causes,” jail conditions can still be to blame. Researc ...