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On the recordJanuary 19, 2016
If we don't have some way to divert folks who are mentally ill out of the jail, it may be they're going into a setting which would make a dad gum ER look calm--super chaotic.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

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Cassidy emphasizes the need for alternatives to jail for the mentally ill.

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