“More inmates died in North Carolina’s jails in 2018 than any other year since the state began tracking deaths in 1997. Forty-four inmates died behind bars or at a medical facility after becoming ill in the jail last year. That’s four more than the previous high in 2015. But over the past five years, jail deaths have trended upward despite more public awareness.“

Greensboro News & Record

February 17, 2019