Baltimore: Thousands of Suspects Arrive Too Injured to Go to Jail, Records Show

‘Correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center refused to admit nearly 2,600 detainees who were in police custody between June 2012 and April 2015 because their injuries were too severe, the Associated Press reports.

The records, obtained by the Baltimore Sun through a Maryland Public Information Act request, did not detail how the detainees were injured. It did state that the arresting officers either ignored the injuries or didn’t notice them. All detainees are constitutionally guaranteed medical treatment.’

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