In New York, Inadequate Treatment Is Turning Drug Arrests Into Death Sentences
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So far in 2023, three people incarcerated on drug offenses — Dustin Montanez, Patrick Miller and Giles Gerhart — have died in the Onondaga County Justice Center, a jail located in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse is the county seat of Onondaga County, which has maintained an incarcerated population of approximately 500 people. Forty-year-old Montanez was first arrested in 2015 for third-degree...