234 people have died in Kentucky jails since 2020. Critics call it a ‘systemic failure’

Michele Deitch, professor and director of the Prison and Jail Innovation Lab at the University of Texas said just because a death is labeled natural doesn’t mean it isn’t preventable. “Treat those causes of death as windows to conditions inside the facility. .... These are human beings that are in the jail under a system being operated in our name,” Deitch said.