I-TEAM: Camden County jail officers used force on Black inmates disproportionately, records show

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I-TEAM: Camden County jail officers used force on Black inmates disproportionately, records show
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The I-TEAM is learning more about the use of force in the Camden County jail.

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“That’s troubling to us, very troubling to us that this particular officer is named on that many reports,” Bessent said.An I-TEAM analysis found 56% of the inmates who officers used force on from April to September were Black, while census data shows, as of 2021, it was estimated just about 19% of the county’s population was Black.“I believe that there needs to be more training, more sensitivity training,” Bessent said.

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