Illness treatment vs. jail explored
San Antonio Express News, TX - 05 Dec 2002
At any given time, 500 mentally ill people are incarcerated
in Bexar County Jail, many for nonviolent offenses such as
lewd behavior, trespassing or loitering. ...
Made in America?
Marquette Tribune, WI - 04 Dec 2002
... going onto Fort Benning property. This is an act of federal
trespassing, and all who do so are prosecuted. This past year,
12 students ...
21 held at mental hospitals released
Washington Times, DC - 03 Dec 2002
... guilty of misdemeanors by reason of insanity were released
from state mental hospitals after serving an average of eight
years on such charges as trespassing ...
Police probe how hunter came to be killed by train
Buffalo News, NY - 02 Dec 2002
... We hit an individual who was trespassing on our property.
If the individual wasn't trespassing, the incident wouldn't
have happened.".
...
Tide of homeless makes 'infinite' demands on city
Rochester Democrat Chronicle, NY - 02 Dec
2002
... One officer was suspended this week when, in protest
of the NYPD’s approach, he
allegedly refused an order to arrest a homeless man on trespassing
charges. ...
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