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April 26, 2016

Mayor de Blasio to Triple Intensive-Care Mental Health Units on Rikers Island

http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/394-16/mayor-de-blasio-triple-intensive-care-mental-health-units-rikers-island

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←New York City Awarded $2 Million MacArthur Award to Continue Safely Reducing Jail Population
Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and Citywide Partners to Develop Targeted Interventions That Improve Public Safety and Reduce the Number of People Who Enter and Return to Jail→

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