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Indian Affairs Promised To Reform Tribal Jails. We Found Death, Neglect And Disrepair

Correctional officer Hansen Attakai looks out at the Window Rock District Department of Corrections in Window Rock, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation.

Sharon Chischilly for NPR


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Indian Affairs Promised To Reform Tribal Jails. We Found Death, Neglect And Disrepair



There have been at least 19 deaths in Bureau of Indian Affairs detention centers in the last five years. Many of the victims had been arrested for petty crimes and were awaiting trial when they died.


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