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Bail should not become a shadow mental health system
Original: Bail should not become a shadow mental health system | Opinion
A new opinion piece argues that the bail system is being used as a de facto mental health system, holding people in jail not because of flight risk or danger but because they lack treatment options. The author contends this conflates criminal justice with psychiatric care and calls for investment in proper mental health services instead.
Why now: The argument taps into ongoing debates about criminal justice reform and the lack of mental health care in the United States.
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- Bail should not become a shadow mental health system | Opinion · providencejournal.com
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