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Published: August 7, 2008
Oklahoma County jail's death toll draws federal ire
The Oklahoma County jail can be a deadly place.
At least 44 jail inmates have died in the jail's custody since Jan. 1, 2000, records show.
Several were suicides, often by hanging. A few were beaten to death by other inmates. One may have been killed by detention officers. Many died from natural causes, but sometimes those health problems may have been aggravated by beatings or poor care.
Some of the death...
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