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The New Asylums: Jails Swell With Mentally Ill

CHICAGO—The sound of clanging steel doors and agitated voices in the Cook County Jail bullpen was deafening. Amid the din, Robert Miller, who would turn 19 the next day, wept quietly. Anger and sullenness were common here. Uncontrolled crying was a sign of a bigger problem. [read the full story here]

Wall Street Journal, Wednesday, September 25, 2013
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