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Legal Settlement Demands Better Mental Health Care, Less Solitary Confinement in Illinois Prisons
People held in Illinois prisons will receive an improved level of mental health care in coming years, thanks to a major class action settlement in late December. In the case of Ashoor Rasho v. John Baldwin, the Illinois Department of Corrections agrees to: Hire 300 new mental health workers, as well as additional security and […]
Katie Rose Quandt