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He was arrested for littering and missing court. 81 days later, he died in a troubled West Virginia jail

When Kyle Steven Robinson died last year in Southern Regional Jail, the West Virginia Department of Corrections didn’t offer many details besides his name, time of death, and that foul play wasn’t suspected. The agency didn’t say the reason he was there in the first place: charges of littering and a missed court date. Or […]