On September 27th, the same day Tom Hodgson was giving the president an award in Washington, DC on the taxpayer dime, one of his prisoners died.
Scott Lajoie’s death set another gruesome record for a sheriff who seems to have no interest in his day job. Already leading the state in suicides and coming in a close second on both recidivism and assaults by correctional officers, Hodgson’s jail now comes in second with three times the state average for pre-trial detention deaths.
Since January 2019, 13 people have died in pre-trial custody. That’s an average of less than one per county.
Hodgson’s death count is already up to three.
You can download the full Courtwatch report here.
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