gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoPeople Keep Dying At This Memphis Jail — And The Lawsuits Are Piling Upwww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months ago“The measure of a society is how it treats its weakest members.” Prisoners have all their rights already stripped, and are literally serving their punishment.
minus-squareAldehyde@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoNot even. This is a jail, not a prison. The people who died were not convicted of any crimes, they were awaiting trial.
“The measure of a society is how it treats its weakest members.”
Prisoners have all their rights already stripped, and are literally serving their punishment.
Not even. This is a jail, not a prison. The people who died were not convicted of any crimes, they were awaiting trial.