A Psychologist as Warden? Jail and Mental Illness Intersect in Chicago

Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 22:00 in Health & Medicine

Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, a clinical psychologist, was chosen to run Cook County Jail, underscoring how much the nation’s prisons have become holding centers for the mentally ill.

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