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2: Us and Them

Motive by WBEZ Chicago

Apr 4, 202200:40:54Society & Culture

Damaria Bates and Jimia Stokes started their jobs as mental health workers, full of hope. But soon, they saw signs of severe abuse-- mentally ill prisoners with injuries, drenched in tear gas. When they tried to report t...

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2: Us and Them is an episode from Motive by WBEZ Chicago. Damaria Bates and Jimia Stokes started their jobs as mental health workers, full of hope. But soon, they saw signs of severe abuse-- mentally ill prisoners with injuries, drenched in...

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