Editor,

It’s hard to believe that such a litany of errors, omissions, and/or missteps could happen anywhere. Yet, with the worst of all possible outcomes, the recent death of Keaton Farris, we see that even in our own county jail such is possible.

Neglect, incompetence, lack of oversight/accountability or other similar failures can and must be corrected. Disregard for a human life — any human life — is more troubling and harder to cure. I truly hope the problem here is one that can, indeed, be fixed — quickly and permanently.

TOYAN COPELAND

Clinton