Death before Sentencing: Ending Rampant Suicide, Overdoses, Brutality, and Malpractice in America's Jails - Hardcover

by Andrew R. Klein (Author), Jessica L. Klein (With)

America's jails have a long history of killing inmates, most of whom die in jails before they are even convicted of a crime. Deaths behind bars are a direct result of abysmal, correctional facilities' policies, mostly for-profit medical providers, largely absent administrators, and unchecked brutality by jail deputies.

Author Biography

Andrew R. Klein, Ph.D., has worked in corrections since his appointment as a probation officer in the 1970's. For the last decade, he has worked with prisons and jails across the country to advance substance use disorder programs, becoming intimately acquainted with the nation's jails and their challenges, struggles, successes, and failures, as well as the men and women who run and staff them. Klein is a recognized national leader for correctional reform. Jessica L. Klein is a freelance journalist, published widely in such outlets as the New York Times, the Atlantic, and the BBC.