Woman dies in custody at El Paso County Jail
A woman died in the El Paso County Jail Friday, the latest in a string of deaths at the jail that broke records last year for being the deadliest year for inmates in about a decade.
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A woman died in the El Paso County Jail Friday, the latest in a string of deaths at the jail that broke records last year for being the deadliest year for inmates in about a decade.
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