Incarceration articles
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Call to Mind: Incarcerated with Mental Illness
Nearly half of incarcerated Americans have a history of mental illness – that's twice the prevalence of mental illness in the adult population of the United States. People with serious mental illnesses encounter law enforcement and the court system for many reasons. This program brings together stories of people who have lived with mental illness while incarcerated, mental health providers calling for increased mental health care in prisons and jails, and legal experts pioneering new systems.
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Trump appears to violate gag order after judge threatened ‘incarceration’
Despite New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan explicitly warning Donald Trump last week that any future violations of his gag order could result in jail time, the ex-president appears to have done so directly on Thursday."A lead person from the DOJ is running the trial," Trump claimed, obviously referring to prosecutor Matthew Colangelo, as Law & Crime reports."So Biden's office is running this trial. This trial is a scam and it's a sham and it shouldn't happen," Trump told reporters...
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Those incarcerated in New Mexico may get access to federal funds for college education
“We are proving that there is no wrong door to higher education in New Mexico,” said New Mexico Higher Education Department Cabinet Secretary Stephanie M. Rodriguez in a news release.