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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
1/3/2022
NY Mayor's Proposal to Lock Up Mentally Ill Has Long History
by Elliott Young
The impulse to heal the mentally ill has long battled the impulse to lock them up as a threat to the society. Eric Adams is trying to do the latter while claiming to do the former.
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SOURCE: Jersey Digs
7/24/2020
Old Jail Could Inspire Youth to Stay Out of Prison — but Only If It Survives
What better way to enshrine the lessons we’ve learned from decades of mass incarceration than by transforming the remnants of Newark’s first penitentiary into a gathering place — be it a museum or community center — that might bring about the end of a problematic legacy.
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