Ahmanise Sanati helped get books on every floor of Twin Towers jail when she worked there, but the effort fizzled out after she left. Now she’s revving up jail book drives from the outside.
While awaiting his murder trial, Adrian Berumen volunteered to live with mentally ill inmates. His experience caring for them could shape the jail system's future.
From Christian Science Monitor: From the squalid conditions of the LA County jail has emerged a potential model for how to address mental illness among incarcerated people. The secret? Care, on a daily basis.