From the Las Vegas Sun: A prison inmate died today while being treated at Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas.
John Jennings, 59, was at the High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs before he was admitted to the hospital to be treated for a medical condition. The Clark County Coroner’s Office will conduct an autopsy; foul play is not suspected....
So far this year, 32 Nevada state prisoners have died. The state’s prison system had the 14th-highest mortality rate in the nation in 2007 at 299 per 100,000 inmates, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. By comparison, Mississippi had the highest rate at 448 per 100,000 inmates.
Nevada had 12,778 state and federal inmates in late 2011. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/dec/18/inmate-who-died-hospital-fourth-prisoner-death-nov/
A city with 12,778 people in it can expect at least 32 deaths in the city in a year and probably a lot more.
So, what is the big deal? There are a lot of people in prison, especially older prisoners, and they die.
So, what is the big deal about prisoners dying in a prison?
Nevada had 12,778 state and federal inmates in late 2011. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/dec/18/inmate-who-died-hospital-fourth-prisoner-death-nov/
A city with 12,778 people in it can expect at least 32 deaths in the city in a year and probably a lot more.
So, what is the big deal? There are a lot of people in prison, especially older prisoners, and they die.
So, what is the big deal about prisoners dying in a prison?
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