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Mentally ill California prison inmate dies after being pepper sprayed

As California prison officials began looking into the September death of a breathing-impaired inmate who had been pepper-sprayed by a guard, they found themselves facing unusual interference and oversight from […]
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Wisconsin releasing sex offenders at higher rate

Wisconsin officials have nearly quadrupled the number of offenders released from state custody after they were committed as sexually violent persons. The risks to residents are reasonable, officials say, because […]
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When the right to bear includes the mentally ill

A New York Times investigation highlights a central, unresolved issue in the debate over balancing public safety and the Second Amendment right to bear arms: just how powerless law enforcement […]
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There was time to help Paul Schmidt, but county politics got in the way

“At the time, Paul Schmidt — PJ, as he was known then — was 5, an easygoing tow-headed boy who lived less than a mile from the land where the […]
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Left in limbo, hundreds of Minnesotans with mental illness languish in jail

"Hundreds of inmates with dangerous psychiatric problems languish in county jails across the state."
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