Jessica Ramos: “There is no substitute for the mental health therapy, for…”

“For far too long we've been treating those most vulnerable among us, including those who have made grave mistakes, as if they were worse than than the animals that many of us eat. Living things don't belong in cages. That's right. Cages are torture. There is no substitute for the mental health therapy, for the mental health services that we should be providing to each and every person who, who is in our so called correction system. I have no idea what it is that we've been correcting in this state. We certainly keep splitting families apart.” (00:38–00:55)

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