Article 6FB13 What’s behind a surge of deaths at one Ohio jail?

What’s behind a surge of deaths at one Ohio jail?

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Stephen Starr in Dayton
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Montgomery county jail's population is only 600 people - and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention

Days after Steven Blackshear was booked into Montgomery county jail in downtown Dayton, Ohio, in January, a nurse found him shaking, in a fetal position and vomiting. He complained of chest and leg pains and was taken for medical testing. Two days later, he was found dead in his cell, covered only in towels.

The 54-year-old is one of seven people to have died in a surge of deaths at the jail since the beginning of this year.

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