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The DOJ has halted lawsuits accusing Louisiana of keeping prisoners locked up long after they were meant to be released and South Carolina of institutionalizing thousands of mentally ill people — sometimes for decades — in violation of federal law.

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Michael M.
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Last I looked, Louisiana had the highest incarceration rate in the world, and plenty of for-profit prisons.

Last I looked, the current administration was discussing re-opening/rebuilding long-term mental health institutions that we abandoned half a century ago after finding they were not beneficial. And filling them with homeless people.