Public Interest
Dec. 9, 1999
Mentally Ill Homeless Need Community Services
FORUM Jail is not the appropriate setting for homeless, mentally ill citizens apprehended for minor charges. Page 6. By Diana Greigo Erwin In one cell, a man sleeps curled in a fetal position under a small orange blanket, his blond hair oily and disheveled. In another, a middle-age woman sits rocking back and forth on the bed. At the door of yet another, a bare-chested man stands at the window, wild-eyed.
By Diana Greigo Erwin
In one cell, a man sleeps curled in a fetal position under a small orange blanket, his blond hair oily and disheveled. In another, a middle-age woman sits rocking back and forth on the bed. At the door of yet another, a bare-chested man stands at the window, wild-eyed.
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In one cell, a man sleeps curled in a fetal position under a small orange blanket, his blond hair oily and disheveled. In another, a middle-age woman sits rocking back and forth on the bed. At the door of yet another, a bare-chested man stands at the window, wild-eyed.
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