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Short of staff and beds, mentally ill remain in Colorado’s jails and on our streets
Milena Castaneda has moved on. For two years after earning a degree, she worked as a caseworker, assisting people with chronic mental health problems. But now she’s working a new…
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Mentally ill NYC jail detainees more likely to harm themselves, data show; Rikers Island lacks treatment options, advocates say
Mentally ill detainees on Rikers Island and in other city jails have become more likely to deliberately hurt themselves in recent years, data obtained by the Daily News shows. Incidents…
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/RDRA734XMFDI5JVVFXSGSBYSYY.jpg "Mentally ill NYC jail detainees more likely to harm themselves, data show; Rikers Island lacks treatment options, advocates say")