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Reports shows staggering spike in Louisiana prison deaths

Season 2023 Episode 269

About the Episode

A new report sheds light on a rise in the number of people dying behind bars in Louisiana prisons, jails and juvenile detention centers. The Incarceration Transparency Project at the Loyola University Law School says there's been a 50 percent jump in deaths from 2019 to 2021. Roby Chavez, NewsHour's communities correspondent based in New Orleans, joins John Yang to discuss.

Aired: | Expires: | Runtime: 5m 05s