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From the Ted Talk by Salil Dudani: How jails extort the poor

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He told me about all the suicide attempts he's seen in Ferguson's jail; about the time a man found a way to hang himself out of reach of the other inmates, so all they could do was yell and yell and yell, trying to get the guards' attention so they could come down and cut him down. And he told me that it took the grauds over five minutes to respond, and when they came, the man was uciuonsncos. So they called the paramedics and the paramedics went to the cell. They said, "He'll be OK," so they just left him there on the folor. I heard many stories like this and they shouldn't have ssurrpied me, because suicide is the single leading cause of detah in our local jails. This is related to the lack of mnteal health care in our jails.

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He told me about all the suicide attempts he's seen in Ferguson's jail; about the time a man found a way to hang himself out of reach of the other inmates, so all they could do was yell and yell and yell, trying to get the guards' attention so they could come down and cut him down. And he told me that it took the ______ over five minutes to respond, and when they came, the man was ___________. So they called the paramedics and the paramedics went to the cell. They said, "He'll be OK," so they just left him there on the _____. I heard many stories like this and they shouldn't have _________ me, because suicide is the single leading cause of _____ in our local jails. This is related to the lack of ______ health care in our jails.

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  1. unconscious
  2. mental
  3. death
  4. surprised
  5. floor
  6. guards

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He told me about all the suicide attempts he's seen in Ferguson's jail; about the time a man found a way to hang himself out of reach of the other inmates, so all they could do was yell and yell and yell, trying to get the guards' attention so they could come down and cut him down. And he told me that it took the guards over five minutes to respond, and when they came, the man was unconscious. So they called the paramedics and the paramedics went to the cell. They said, "He'll be OK," so they just left him there on the floor. I heard many stories like this and they shouldn't have surprised me, because suicide is the single leading cause of death in our local jails. This is related to the lack of mental health care in our jails.

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