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More Cities Sending Mental Health Workers Instead of Police, But Funding Doubts Remain

More than 40 of the largest U.S. cities have launched some alternative response, but questions remain about how to pay for it.

Closing Argument • 04.18.2026

Why I Blew the Whistle on Extreme Confinement on Rikers Island

Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human contact — or medication.

Life Inside • 06.27.2025

How Counseling Incarcerated Clients Helps Me Heal

My brother committed suicide because he felt totally alone. As a volunteer social worker at a jail, I can let even the most judged people know that someone cares.

Life Inside • 09.10.2020

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