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Posted by Chauncey Koziol on Friday, August 9, 2024
Alretha Toombs
Miami’s Model for Defendants With Severe Mental Illness

As WFAE has been reporting, locking up defendants with serious mental illness can make their mental health worse. It’s expensive, and it's often not very effective at reducing crime. In Miami, public officials have been managing defendants with mental illness very differently.

WFAE

July 18, 2023

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