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Coming Home Straight From Solitary Damages Inmates And Their Families
By Joseph Shapiro The thing Sara Garcia remembers from the day her son, Mark, got out of prison was the hug — the very, very awkward hug. He had just turned 21 and for the past two and a half … Continue reading
6 Ways White Supremacy Takes a Toll on the Mental Health of Black People
By Terrell Jermaine Starr Officially, Kalief Browder died as a result of suicide at his family’s home in the Bronx this weekend. Yet it’s not a stretch to say the racist criminal justice system that locked him up for more than … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, anxiety, depression, Mental health, post-traumatic stress, PTSD, race, racism
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He Cries Alone: Black Men and PTSD
By Ericka Blount Danois They’re crying out for help. But will anyone listen? They are African-American men, struggling with mental illness and post-traumatic stress disorder—many are veterans, but many more are civilians struggling in secret, ashamed. These are men like 26-year-old … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, anxiety, depression, health, Mental health, PTSD, Veterans
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Cook County Jail, America’s Largest Mental-Health Facility
By Matt Ford It was 9 o’clock in the morning at Cook County Jail, but in the subterranean holding cells where dozens await their turn before a judge, you wouldn’t be able to tell. Pre-bail processing here takes place entirely … Continue reading
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Tagged Cook County Jail, Illinois, mass incarceration, Mental health
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Dear Chris Brown, Mentally Ill Black Women Need Counseling, Not A Good Lay: An Open Letter
By Nicole Moore Dear Chris Brown: When you returned home on Wednesday, May 6th I know you surely had a WTF moment. Discovering that your home was broken into, seeing your cars vandalized and finding a naked woman, whom you … Continue reading
Young Black Boys Committing Suicide at Rates Higher Than Ever
By Kali Holloway Researchers have found that between 1993 and 2012, the suicide rate for very young black children, between the ages of 5 and 11, nearly doubled. The increase was driven almost entirely by the suicides of young black … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, Black Boys, Black Children, children, health, Mental health, race, suicide
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Police Assault Mentally Ill Homeless Man in LA
By Renee Lewis Attorneys representing a mentally ill homeless man allegedly beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers last summer have requested a federal investigation into the incident. Samuel Arrington, 52, who is homeless and suffers from bipolar disorder, was … Continue reading
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Tagged LAPD, Los Angeles, Mental health, police abuse, race. homeless, Samuel Arrington, Venice Beach
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Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison
By Mark Binelli In prison, Rodney Jones told me, everyone had a nickname. Jones’s was Saint E’s, short for St. Elizabeths, the federal psychiatric hospital in Washington, best known for housing John Hinckley Jr. after he shot Ronald Reagan. Jones … Continue reading
U.S. Cops Continue to Kill the Mentally Ill in Large Numbers, Especially in NYC, While Effective Approaches Are Ignored
By Terrell Jermaine Starr Times Square is a national landmark that welcomes millions of tourists each year but on Sept. 14, 2013, visitors witnessed a major flaw in how the New York Police Department deals with the mentally ill. Glenn … Continue reading
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