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Bill Cassidy: “I learned that jails and prisons are the number one setting to treat mental illness.”

On the recordApril 29, 2015
I learned that jails and prisons are the number one setting to treat mental illness.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

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Cassidy emphasizes the role of jails in addressing mental illness.

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