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They Were in a Mental Health Crisis at a Hospital. This Is How They Landed in Jail.

Washington, like most states, has a law intended to protect health care workers. Instead, it’s led to prosecutions of people with severe mental illness.

Feature • 06.09.2024

My Uncle Died the Day He Was Released From Jail. I’m Still Trying to Understand Why.

“Sudden cardiac death,” is the cause listed on my uncle Bryan’s death certificate. But it didn’t feel sudden at all — not when you factor in his underlying mental and physical health problems, years of poor prison medical care and the fact that he caught COVID-19 in his Arizona jail.

Life Inside • 08.26.2021

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