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    marmol heaterAndy Cush
    7/14/14 11:00am

    If these criminals don't like being treated like this then maybe they should've thought about that before becoming mentally ill.

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      PeteRRmarmol heater
      7/14/14 11:08am

      It's a fair cop.

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    trooperMooAndy Cush
    7/14/14 11:29am

    I gotta feel for all those involved. A mentally ill person who isn't on meds (that work) can be irrational, violent, and a danger to themselves and others. At the same time, the guards are probably at their wits end with prisoners who don't follow the rules, can be a danger to them and then they come up to these mentally ill who can be an easy target to get their anger out on.

    Its a horrible situation on all sides.

    My husband is bipolar and medicated. He does pretty good on them, but certain things can affect him. Saturday night he was having an "off" day, everything I said was wrong and he would say he was just being "funny" with me. We were at a party, no one else thought he was being funny with me. Then he had to take a medication for something else and in the end he seemed drunk but he wasn't drinking. I was ready to beat him. Sunday, he slept the entire day. I am his wife, I get frustrated. Now I imagine a prisoner and guard and think how they don't love them (like I love my husband) so they don't want to put up with the antics of the ill.

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      piss pawstrooperMoo
      7/14/14 11:49am

      Yeah, it sucks for the mentally ill. I wouldn't be surprised if these people are not given their meds or proper psychiatric care (forget therapy). That or they pump them full of seroquel, lithium, or some other med with shit side effects 'til they can't think or act straight.

      Disclaimer: most people with mental illness are nonviolent and mostly only a threat to themselves if anything! (As you probably know! The only MI people who've had violent reactions that I've met are people with borderline personality disorder... I'm sure most aren't tho, just got unlucky being targeted by them.)

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      trooperMoopiss paws
      7/14/14 12:14pm

      Hell, even in the hospital they don't get meds on time (his experience). So imagine how bad it can be in a prison.

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    JimmyMousington8Andy Cush
    7/14/14 12:32pm

    Most criminals are mentally ill.

    That doesn't change anything about the fact that they're criminals.

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      matt.maraJimmyMousington8
      7/14/14 2:26pm

      Would you happen to have a statistic to back up that hugely hyperbolic statement, or is it just something you pulled straight from your ass?

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    armyvet12Andy Cush
    7/14/14 11:16am

    Let's be CRYSTAL CLEAR that this is a jail and NOT a prison- i.e. it is largely a pre-trial holding facility for people unable to afford bail, it is not a place where people found guilty by a court of law are locked up. The percentage of those staying at Rikers that have been found guilty are facing one year or less of time- so low level crimes and not murder, assault, rape, etc.

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      IShtUnotAndy Cush
      7/14/14 10:57am

      You should look into the abuse and neglect at privately run prisons in the US. It's shocking.

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        Boris BatenovIShtUnot
        7/14/14 11:16am

        Privately run prisons have abuse and neglect writ into them. It's not shocking- it's just "good bizness".

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        thomas198763IShtUnot
        7/14/14 11:17am

        Oh it's very well documented. People just don't care.

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      Graymyas LeighAndy Cush
      7/14/14 12:00pm

      The guards should be executed for their crimes against humanity.

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        not workingAndy Cush
        7/14/14 12:15pm

        "No officers have been prosecuted or seen administrative charges in any of the 129 incidents in the report."

        typical of the NYPD.

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          benjaminalloverAndy Cush
          7/14/14 11:07am

          Who decided to prosecute zero of the 129 cases; the D.A.? Because that message to guards is quite clear: keep up the excellent work.

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