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‘People Who Work In The System Become Desensitized To How Brutal It Is To Cage Someone’

Loaded on Feb. 24, 2017

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Collateral consequences of prison, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Staff Training.

Alec Karakatsanis of Equal Justice Under Law explains how even a few days in jail can throw a life “into disarray.”

By Ryan J. Reilly, The Huffington Post

Alec Karakatsanis is the co-founder of Equal Justice Under Law, an organization that works to end the cash bail system in ...

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