Rises in assaults, deaths, and suicides plague the state’s 242 jails as the state saw a 9% rise in population numbers. Mentally ill inmates seen by regulators as in ‘dire’ situation.Rises in assaults, deaths, and suicides plague the state’s 242 jails as the state saw a 9% rise in population numbers. Mentally ill inmates seen by regulators as in ‘dire’ situation.
