Gordon pitches for bill requiring transparency in jail deaths

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Sen. Richard Gordon is pushing for the passage of a Senate measure mandating transparency in jail deaths in the wake of the recent death inside prison of a high-profile inmate. | FMangosingINQ

“The late reporting of these deaths, suspicious circumstances surrounding the deaths and the identity of these high-profile inmates shocked the nation and questions regarding the truthfulness and veracity of these reports regarding the circumstances of the deaths of the inmates have been questioned,” Gordon said in his bill.

The bill calls for mandating the accurate reporting of deaths and illnesses of inmates and detained children. The National Bureau of Investigation is also mandated to launch an investigation if an inmate or a child in detention died of unexplained circumstances and gather evidence to show cause of death.

 

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