American Indian Prison Probe Reports 16 Deaths Since 2001
Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 03:05AM
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A senior federal official told USA Today on
condition of anonymity that 16 prisoners have died in Native American
detention centers since 2001. For several weeks the Interior
Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs has been collecting information
to review allegations of neglect and abuse within the 74-prison system.
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