How Rikers Island Became New York’s Largest Mental Institution


Jan Ransom, Amy Julia Harris and José A. Alvarado Jr.
12/29/2023

A seemingly endless rotation between state forensic hospitals and city jails has meant that some mentally ill detainees stay in the system for years without ever standing trial....

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