Over the last year this newspaper has focused important news coverage on the unfortunate consequences of non-uniform and insufficient jail standards used by county jails across Utah.
We have covered seemingly preventable deaths in the Davis County jail system, including the death of Heather Ashton Miller after she fell from a top bunk and was left alone to bleed out from a severely damaged spleen. Similarly, the December 2016 death of Madison Jensen was likely exacerbated by the Duchesne County jail’s failure to give her her regular pain and anxiety medications. She lost at least 17 pounds in four days.