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“The county jail is just this symptom of the problem. It’s not the solution. You can debate, ‘Where do you want people to go when their addiction gets them in trouble, when their mental health gets them in trouble?’ But the focus should be — how are you going to treat people’s mental illnesses and addictions? And if you’re not willing to make those investments, you can be sure your criminal justice system is going to be flooded, and you spend money on the back end.”
– Oklahoma City councilman Ed Shadid, on the Oklahoma City county jail’s difficulty contending with high volumes of inmates with mental health and substance abuse issues (Source)
