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How A Mentally Ill Homeless Man Baked in His Rikers Jail Cell
A mentally ill former Marine, “basically baked to death” in his 6-by-10 cinderblock cell in Rikers Island. How urban jails became default mental hospitals.
The US Prison System Is Broken Beyond Repair. What Can Replace It?
Want to improve conditions for those behind bars? Then don’t just call for a few changes, according to activist Isaac Ontiveros. What we need to do is get rid of the entire criminal justice system as we know it.
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