Rise in Mental Illness, and Violence, at Vast Jail on Rikers Island

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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 ...
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UN Forum Explores Ongoing Discrimination Faced By People of African Descent

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UN Forum Explores Ongoing Discrimination Faced By People of African Descent - Participants from Europe, Central Asia and North America gathered this week at a United Nations forum in Geneva to explore ways to combat racial discrimination and to ensure effective promotion and protection of the human rights of people of African descent. Speaking at the opening of the two-day ...
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