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C.J. Ciaramella

The Bureau of Prisons' Casual Cruelty to Families of Those Who Die Behind Bars

On June 13, 2019, Mandy Turner received the call every family member of someone in prison dreads. Her little brother, Frederick Turner, had been found dead in his cell in a federal high-security lockup in Colorado. He was a first-time offender and terrified of the violent, gang-ridden prison he'd been sent to.

But it's what Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials told her next that still haunts her: nothing.

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