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Sinking into mental illness in the criminal justice abyss: How the sick get sicker

October 16, 2014
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By Jonathan Martin, Seattle Times editorial columnist, Oct. 13, 2014 Late one Friday night in March, the Fish Tale Brew Pub in Everett called police to bounce a woman acting erratically. Officers found her standing alone, in the dark, in the pub’s fenced outdoor smoking section. On their way out, the woman, Ara Badayos, slapped […]

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In Washington state, ACLU lawyers argue that persons with mental illness should not be jailed

October 4, 2014
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KOMO News, Oct. 3, 2014 Kathryn McCormick hasn’t seen her mentally ill son in months — not since he was arrested on a felony harassment charge and placed in a jail cell awaiting treatment. “He’s in solitary confinement; he lost 40 pounds and he’s a former shadow of himself,” she said Friday. “He’s not getting […]

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