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Reginald Jacobs Jr., 24, died of dehydration in a solitary cell at Calhoun State Prison after a lawsuit says staff shut off his water and left him for nine days. The state recorded it as a natural death — then quietly settled.

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A Toothache Should Not Be a Death Sentence

James Byrd, 30, died in an Effingham County Prison isolation cell three weeks after a toothache. A $10 million negligence claim remains unresolved four years later.

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