Task force to aid NYC’s mentally ill inmates

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NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a task force that seeks to reduce the number of mentally ill in the city’s jails.

The panel of government and private sector experts will try to come up with effective strategies to treat mentally ill people inside and outside the criminal justice system.

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