They are those who cannot take care of themselves. They need complete care. 51% of our inmates at Rikers have mental health issues. 20% have severe mental health issues. Yet we closing forth. We close in the jail, open four new jails just to create four more smaller Reichs. I say let's, let's turn one of them into a state of the art mental health facility for outpatient inpatient treatment. This way, we can deal with the population the way we should be. (46:40–46:46)
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Asserts that closing and opening jails is akin to creating smaller versions of Rikers.
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