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US prisons hold 10 times more mentally ill people than state hospitals – report
More than 356,000 people with mental illnesses are incarcerated in the United States, as opposed to around 35,000 receiving treatment in state hospitals, a new study found, highlighting the dire state of the nation’s
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Mentally ill homeless vet ‘baked to death’ in scorching 100+°F NYC jail cell
A mentally ill veteran was “basically baked to death” in his Rikers Island jail cell last month as temperatures reached more than 100 degrees, a New York City official told the Associated Press. According to
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