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Treatment Instead of Jail for the Mentally Ill in Los Angeles County

Maureen MurdockSeptember 19, 2014Criminal Justice System, Mental Illness4 Comments

It is time to stop housing people who are mentally ill and genuinely sick between the streets and our jails. This is an unconscionable waste of human life and money.

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