Stigmabase | North America

Mental illness and violence rise at Rikers Island  - With dry bureaucratic precision, the daily incident reports from Rikers Island chronicle a surge of violence and disorder churning within  ...

Rise in Mental Illness , and Violence, at Vast Jail on Rikers Island  - About 40 percent of Rikers Island inmates have a diagnosed mental illness , the New York Correction Department says. The proportion has doubled in  ...