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    Three inmates died in Los Angeles County jails in just over a week

    by Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times Mar 28, 2023 4 minutes
    The Men’ s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles, shown in October 2019, has been the subject of a years-long closure campaign.

    LOS ANGELES — Three Los Angeles County inmates died in an nine-day period this month, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, a grim milestone that comes even as the county is facing scrutiny in court for using a cash bail system that can keep poor people behind bars.

    The youngest of the men who died in March — 29-year-old Samuel Mark — was being held on misdemeanor charges for check fraud and theft, according to court records. He died Thursday morning at Men's Central Jail, three days after his arrest. Like the others who died this month, he had not yet been sentenced for a crime.

    The Sheriff's

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