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How to respond to a naked, unarmed, out-of-control mentally ill woman?
As the 29-year-old woman flailed her arms and reportedly spit at him, Detroit Police Cpl. Dewayne Jones reacted with blunt force, in video captured by a bystander. Jones struck the woman about a dozen times, while another officer and hospital security worker sought to restrain her.
Mentally ill behind bars
23 percent had serious mental illness  
66 percent with serious mental illness also had incidents of substance abuse
54 percent with serious mental illness had three or four risk factors to reoffend
Individuals with serious mental illness spent 34 days in jail compared to 17 those without mental illness, for comparable offenses ....

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