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Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

Jefferson County, Kentucky

A woman died by suicide in a jail in Louisville, Kentucky. The New York Times reported that before her death she had been held for about 18 hours in an attorney interview booth with no mattress, toilet or running water. Her death was recorded as a suicide. Her name is not known from the reporting, and nothing more is said about her life or the circumstances of her last hours.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The article reports she was held for 18 hours in an attorney interview booth with no mattress, toilet or running water before she died by suicide in a Louisville jail.

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