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May 8, 2009

NY Activists Protest Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners
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Here in New York, a group of protesters rallied outside Governor David
Paterson’s midtown office Thursday to protest the treatment of mentally
ill prisoners. Last week, Rikers Island prisoner Clarence Mobley died
after a physical altercation with prison guards. He had been awaiting
psychiatric evaluation. The group Rights for Imprisoned People with
Psychiatric Disabilities has likened the treatment of mentally ill
prisoners to torture that has driven some to suicide and declining
mental health.



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