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After officer deaths, more NC inmates with mental illness find themselves in solitary confinement

By Taylor Knopf The year after five prison officers were killed by inmates in 2017, the state prison system almost doubled the number of inmates with mental illness held in solitary confinement. Previously, North Carolina’s prison system made significant strides to reduce the number of prisoners with mental illness who are held in isolation for […]

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