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Their families said they needed treatment; Mississippi officials threw them in jail without charges

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In Mississippi, serious mental illness or substance abuse can land you in jail, even if you aren’t charged with a crime. The state is a stark outlier in jailing so many people for so long, but many officials say they don’t have another option By Isabelle Taft, Mollie Simon, ProPublica and Agnel Philip, ProPublica This

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