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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Why the mentally ill end up in jails and prisons

    The Los Angeles County Jail is the largest psychiatric ward in America. About a quarter of the men imprisoned in LA -- and nearly half of the women -- need some form of mental health care.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 3, 2018 • 48m Listen

    image of and Alcatraz escape cell by Derek Key.

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    4 stories
    1. 0:00

      State of migrant family reunification efforts nationally and in LA

      On Monday, a federal judge in Washington said the government must release or hold hearings for more than 1000 asylum seekers currently in detention. These aren’t families who’ve been separated at the border.

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      15 min
    2. 15:11

      EPA chief asked staffers to find his wife a job and get him out of a housing penalty

      New details are out on how EPA chief Scott Pruitt spends money and assigns work to his staffers. He asked multiple people to help find a job that pays $200,000/year for his wife.

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      9 min
    3. 23:49

      Why so many people with mental illness end up behind bars

      The Los Angeles County Jail is the largest psychiatric ward in America. About a quarter of the men imprisoned in LA and nearly half of the women need some form of mental health care.

      Read the story
      15 min
    4. 39:16

      Britain's love-hate relationship with the World Cup

      The nation that invented soccer has a love-hate relationship with the World Cup. Press Play’s Christian Bordal sat down with English expat Roger Bennett right before the World Cup began.

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      10 min
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    In this episode

    4 stories
    1. 0:0015 min

      State of migrant family reunification efforts nationally and in LA

    2. 15:119 min

      EPA chief asked staffers to find his wife a job and get him out of a housing penalty

    3. 23:4915 min

      Why so many people with mental illness end up behind bars

    4. 39:1610 min

      Britain's love-hate relationship with the World Cup

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