Health, Safety & Personal Injury Law Blog
March 2, 2021 • Community Help WV,Excessive Force & Police Brutality,Prison Safety
Deaths and Personal Injuries on the Rise in WV Jails and Prisons
Each year, thousands of people are injured or die in West Virginia and United States prisons. In fact, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 4,117 state and federal prisoners died in 2016, and in 2002, 83,000 inmates were injured in publicly or privately operated prisons. Overcrowded and Deadly: Shocking…
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