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artislife

(9,497 posts) Mon Jul 27, 2015, 04:37 PM Jul 2015

Just another Black woman in jail dying [View all]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ralkina-jones-dies-in-jail_55b67097e4b0a13f9d1967be?

A woman who had reportedly been arrested at her husband's place of work on Friday died in a suburban Cleveland jail over the weekend.

Ralkina Jones, 37, of Cleveland, died on Sunday in the Cleveland Heights jail.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner performed an autopsy on Monday. Spokesman Chris Harris told HuffPost that there were "no suspicious injuries" to Jones' body, but he wouldn't elaborate on her cause of death.

How many more? When does the tipping point come?

Jail is now one of the leading causes of death.

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Just another Black woman in jail dying [View all] artislife Jul 2015 OP

Wow, so no apparent cause of death? She just died...move on then? Rex Jul 2015 #1

It is developing artislife Jul 2015 #2

Jail and prison are lethal places through and through, why has it taken society so long to notice Rex Jul 2015 #3

The veils are lifting artislife Jul 2015 #4

I hope so, the times need a changing and ASAP. Rex Jul 2015 #5

how many more? niyad Jul 2015 #6

There is a pattern here Gothmog Jul 2015 #7