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01 Oct Colorado Faces A Crisis With The Mentally Ill In Jail

Posted at 22:42h in Current News Events, Mental Health, new, Prisons by
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Here’s How We Got There

BY ALLISON SHERRY FOR CPR.ORG
SEP 28, 2018

Now, almost 300 mentally ill people across the state have been in jail for months — without being convicted of anything. At least one man has been in jail for more than 200 days, severely psychotic, without the medication his doctor prescribed. His felony charge is spitting on a peace officer.

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