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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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