Prison study will cause debate

A study of prisoners in North Carolina will undoubtedly cause debate about where social policies should go from here.
The study of 100K male prisoners found that black males between the ages of 20 and 79 can experience survival rates 30-40% greater than those outside of prison for some conditions.
White prisoners were slightly more likely to die sooner in prison.

Some will argue that this illustrates a failure of society and/or black culture on the outside when it comes to protecting black males from disease, injury and murder.
Others will claim it is a mandate for universal healthcare as the healthcare in the prisons is credited for extending the lives of the cons who otherwise would have less or no access to healthcare on the outside.
Then there are those that will say: "Lock 'em all up! It's good for 'em!"

No peace for the dead

If you try to find out what kind of care your dearly departed will experience at the David B. Lawson Mortuary in North Carolina, you will only find that the website is 'temporarily' unavailable.
That may well be due to the discovery of a body left in one of the mortuary's hearses under a shade tree.
The body was that of a 37 year old woman found dead in her apartment who's next of kin had no been located.
The mortuary was on a list of such businesses used by police to hold human remains until kin can collect them.
A police officer answering a call concerning a 'foul odor' coming from the business discovered the hearse with its windows open and flies coming and going from a large brown container and also observed dark liquid leaking from the rear of the vehicle.
The owner of the mortuary at first would not acknowledge that a body was in the hearse, but eventually explained that he only had the body in a freezer for one day, then moved it to the hearse due to 'paperwork' issues.

Needles to say, the Mortuary is no longer on the list for police to use for unclaimed bodies.