It's Not Just Epstein: Jails Are Failing at Preventing Suicide

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 15, 2019

Each year, more than 300 people take their lives while incarcerated in America’s jails. Christine Tartaro, professor of Criminal Justice at Stockton University, and Rosa Goldensohn, reporter for THE CITY, talk about how jails and prisons are failing at keeping inmates alive and how a criminal justice system could take mental health seriously. 

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