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Apr 9
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Introducing: Death County, PA

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Why are so many people dying at Dauphin County Prison? When Lamont Jones finds out his cousin has died after being locked up at the jail he is determined to find answers. And what he learns sets him and an entire community on a fight for change. 


From Wondery and Penn Live, a story about one notorious county jail … and a community’s attempts to change it for good. 

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