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Nearly 3,400 People With Mental Illness Could Be Safely Diverted From LA County Jail, Says New Report

January 8, 2020
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Approximately 61 percent of the mental health population locked inside Los Angeles County’s...

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Op-Ed: DA Lacey Continues to Praise Diversion Over Jail for the Mentally Ill, But Her Prosecutors’ Actions Tell a Different Story

January 6, 2020
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Jackie Lacey’s talk about treatment not cells for the mentally ill is meaningless until she and...

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