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Mentally ill inmates who are able to shower, eat, sit quietly and otherwise care for themselves live in the jail's Division 2. A psychologist is stationed right outside the room, and officers are specially trained to deal with psychotic episodes. Laura Sullivan/NPR hide caption

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Mentally Ill Inmates Often Locked Up In Jails That Can't Help

Over the past decade, thousands of mentally ill people have been funneling in and out of the nation's jails, landing in places that are ill-equipped to treat them. Illinois' Cook County Jail has some of the most innovative programs in the country, but staff say it's a far cry from actual treatment.

An unidentified inspector from the International Atomic Energy Agency examines equipment at the Natanz facility in Iran on Monday. Kazem Ghane/AP hide caption

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Nuclear Inspectors Enter Iran, With Eyes Peeled For Cheating

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A recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering this address to the New York State Civil War Centennial Commission in 1962 was recently discovered by the New York State Museum. Courtesy of New York State Education Department hide caption

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A Promise Unfulfilled: 1962 MLK Speech Recording Is Discovered

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Mentally ill inmates who are able to shower, eat, sit quietly and otherwise care for themselves live in the jail's Division 2. A psychologist is stationed right outside the room, and officers are specially trained to deal with psychotic episodes. Laura Sullivan/NPR hide caption

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Mentally Ill Are Often Locked Up In Jails That Can't Help

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NPR producer Sultan Faizy's car — parked right outside the NPR office in Kabul — was recently targeted by the police. Police say the policy is meant to prevent militants from stealing cars for use in bomb attacks. Sean Carberry/NPR hide caption

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Punctured Tires In Kabul Are The Work Of Police, Not Punks

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Mads Mikkelsen plays Lucas, a schoolteacher accused of sexual abuse, in Thomas Vinterberg's latest film, The Hunt. Magnolia hide caption

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'The Hunt' Turns 'Enormous Love' To Fear, Hate

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Chef Furard Tate says he wanted to "bring love back" to a Washington, D.C., neighborhood damaged since the 1968 riots. Allison Keyes/NPR hide caption

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D.C. Barbecue Joint Serves Food For Soul And Mind

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