A Question of Justice by Bill Rankin and Carrie Teegardin. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 15, 2013. (Available in print and digital subscription).
While the emphasis of the article is on the prison system and mandatory incarceration, the story of Sarah Page Dukes essentially tells the story of how a person with a mental health/drug addiction problem ended up in prison serving a mandatory 10 year sentence under Georgia's mandatory sentencing law. An interesting case study of the relationship between the criminal justice and public health systems.
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