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The Baltimore Sun
When Baltimore State's Attorney Maryliyn Mosby charged six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, she said they had ignored Gray's pleas for medical care during his arrest and a 45-minute transport van ride.Records obtained by The Baltimore Sun show that city police often disregard or are oblivious to injuries and illnesses among people they apprehend — in fact, such cases occur by the thousands.
From June 2012 through April 2015, correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center have refused to admit nearly 2,600 detainees who were in police custody, according to state records obtained through a Maryland Public Information Act request.
In those records, intake officers in Central Booking noted a wide variety of injuries, including fractured bones, facial trauma and hypertension. Of the detainees denied entry, 123 had visible head injuries, the third most common medical problem cited by jail officials, records show.
The jail records redacted the names of detainees, but a Sun investigation found similar problems among Baltimore residents and others who have made allegations of police brutality.
The Guardian
Thousands of people have been brought to the Baltimore city jail in recent years with injuries too severe for them to be admitted, newly released records have shown.The records, obtained by the Baltimore Sun through a Maryland Public Information Act request, showed that 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.
The records did not indicate how the people were injured or whether they suffered their injuries while in custody. However, they suggested police officers either ignored or did not notice the injuries. Suspects are constitutionally guaranteed health care before they are booked into jail.
Al Jazeera America
Thousands of people were taken to the Baltimore city jail in recent years with injuries too severe for them to be admitted, newly released records show.The records, obtained by The Baltimore Sun through a Maryland Public Information Act request, show that correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center refused to admit nearly 2,600 detainees who were in police custody from June 2012 to April 2015.
The records do not indicate how the people were injured or whether they suffered their injuries while in custody. However, they do suggest that police officers either ignored or did not notice the injuries. Suspects are constitutionally guaranteed health care before they are booked into jail.
Baltimore police are under scrutiny for their treatment of detainees after the death of Freddie Gray last month. He died of a broken neck that prosecutors said he suffered while riding in a Baltimore police van. His death sparked widespread protests and occasional violence in the city and came amid national scrutiny of how police officers treat suspects, particularly black men.
NPR
Baltimore police seem to ignore injuries suffered by detainees by the hundreds.That's according to a review of records by The Baltimore Sun.
According to a report published by the paper this weekend, from June 2012 through April 2015, the Baltimore City Detention Center refused 2,600 detainees brought in by police because they were injured.
"In those records, intake officers in Central Booking noted a wide variety of injuries, including fractured bones, facial trauma and hypertension. Of the detainees denied entry, 123 had visible head injuries, the third most common medical problem cited by jail officials, records show," the paper reports.
Newsweek
Baltimore police officers in the past three years have arrested and brought to the city jail thousands of individuals with injuries deemed too severe for them to be incarcerated there, according to records recently obtained by the Baltimore Sun.Correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center denied entry to almost 2,600 detainees who were in police custody between June 2012 and April 2015, the newspaper reported over the weekend. The information suggests the officers often ignored or overlooked suspects’ injuries or illnesses.
The records, however, didn’t disclose how the individuals were injured or when they sustained the injuries, which ranged from facial trauma to fractured bones.