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@LolOverruled ("Lolo") wrote:
The answers are right in front of us. Fund education, fund healthcare, fun supportive housing, fund the things that make stable communities.
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@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") wrote:
People w/ mental health conditions make up 53% of the population at Rikers.
On average, they are held 61% longer.
We pay $556,000 per person annually to keep them in jail. 90% on Rikers are held without conviction.
By contrast, it costs ~$42k to put them in supportive housing.