Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide was part of a much bigger crisis in U.S. jails and prisons

Published by Los Angeles Times August 19, 2019

By Beth Shelburne

The New York City medical examiner’s ruling that sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in jail has prompted a lot of hand-wringing about conditions in the facility where he was held. But if the nation had been paying attention, no one would have been particularly surprised by what happened.