Keeping Released Prisoners Safe and Sane

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<p><span>Starting this spring, many states began releasing some inmates from prisons and jails to try to reduce the spread of </span><span>COVID</span><span>-19. But a huge number of incarcerated people are mentally ill or addicted to drugs, or sometimes both. When those people are released, they may lose their only consistent access to treatment. Marianne McCune, a reporter for WNYC, spent weeks following a psychiatrist and a social worker as they tried to locate and then help some recently released patients at a time of uncertainty and chaos. </span></p> <p><i><span>This is a collaboration between The New Yorker Radio Hour and WNYC’s “</span></i><a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety"><i><span>The United States of Anxiety</span></i></a><i><span>.” </span></i></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>