Hypothermia hits prisoner in unheated cell in 3rd episode of ‘Death County, PA’

It isn’t just violent confrontations that may have led to people dying at the Dauphin County Prison, just outside Harrisburg, Pa. It’s also the temperature. And decisions made by prison staff about medical treatment.

That’s according to the third episode of the podcast “Death County, Pa.”, which was released on Monday and that tells the story of a years-long PennLive investigation into why so many prisoners at the Pennsylvania jail have passed away in recent years.

Narrated by PennLive Investigative Reporter Joshua Vaughn, the podcast rose to the top spot on Apple’s list of top podcast series two days after it was released…

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