What does Jeffrey Epstein's death say about U.S. prisons?

Police officers cover a medical examiner car outside New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan Hospital, where Jeffrey Epstein's body was transported in Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 10, 2019.

Police officers cover a medical examiner car outside New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan Hospital, where Jeffrey Epstein's body was transported in Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., August 10, 2019. Photo credit: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

Accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself over the weekend. He was in the secure housing unit in a Manhattan jail. His death raises questions about the condition of prisons and jails in America. 

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Host:

Madeleine Brand

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Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Rosalie Atkinson, Brian Hardzinski, Devan Schwartz