The Long Answer with Josiah Wonnell

EP3: The Miami Model (Minds On Trial)


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Twenty-five years ago, Judge Steve Leifman wasn't trying to start a massive reform. He was just trying to solve what was right in front of him. What followed became one of the most studied criminal justice experiments in America: arrests cut by more than half, police shootings down over 85 percent, an entire jail closed. Episode three of Minds on Trial travels to Miami-Dade County to find out what happens when a community decides to treat mental illness as a medical problem instead of a criminal one.

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The Long Answer with Josiah WonnellBy Josiah Wonnell