N.C. jail death prompts firings, body camera policy for detention staff

The Charlotte Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Blair Medford was beginning his sixth month locked inside the Wake County Public Safety Center when he blocked the view into his cell with a jumpsuit.

Over the next two hours, detention officers passed by four times on their rounds, but they didn’t open the cell to take the covering down or check on him, state records say…

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