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The new treatment center

Chicago Reporter Spring 2015

Spring 2015 | The city’s frayed mental health safety net has contributed to the criminalization of people living with mental illness, especially on the South and West sides. It creates a pipeline to Cook County Jail that runs straight through these predominantly African-American and Latino communities, adding to the disproportionate number of people of color behind bars.

Criminal Justice

Police face choice of handcuffs or helping hand for mentally ill

By Adeshina Emmanuel and Suzanne McBride | April 30, 2015
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Mentally ill behind bars

By Deborah L. Shelton | April 27, 2015
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Katherine Rodgers

Room for a new life

By Deborah L. Shelton | April 27, 2015
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Mental health clinic protest

‘Falling through the cracks’

By Kari Lydersen | April 27, 2015
Publisher's Note

For many with mental illness, it’s arrest, incarcerate, release, repeat

By Susan Smith Richardson | April 27, 2015
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Interactive map of closed clinics

Interactive map of Chicago public mental health clinics

By Penny Wang | April 27, 2015
Video

Seeking help for trauma

By Alexandria Johnson | April 27, 2015
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Annie Parker

Guilty of mental illness

By Deborah L. Shelton | April 27, 2015
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Courtney B. Lance

Innocent and locked up

By The Chicago Reporter | April 27, 2015

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