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Investigation reveals deadly mental health crisis in US jails
Original: How our team exposed the toll, often deadly, of a mental health crisis in jails
Are often deadly. The team detailed its reporting methods and findings, documenting deaths and inadequate care behind bars. The work spotlights growing concern over how correctional systems handle people in psychiatric crisis instead of treatment.
Why now: Jail deaths linked to untreated mental illness are drawing renewed public and official scrutiny of the correctional system.
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