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Lack of housing for released inmates with SMI prompts lawsuit
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31761
Subject(s) - lawsuit , class action , federal court , state (computer science) , law , action (physics) , class (philosophy) , criminology , political science , public administration , psychology , supreme court , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science
Alleging practices of keeping New York offenders with mental illness incarcerated past their release date due to lack of community‐based housing and supportive services, New York advocates on Jan. 23 filed a federal class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state officials.