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FILE - In this March 12, 2014 file photo, a picture of Jerome Murdough, a former homeless Marine who died in a mental observation unit on Rikers Island jail on Feb. 15, is held by his mother Alma Murdough left, and sister Cheryl Warner at Alma Murdough's home in the Queens borough of New York. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to announce his $130 million, four-year plan to overhaul how the nation’s most populous city deals with mentally ill and drug-addicted suspects, diverting many to treatment instead of jail. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) (AP)

Mayor: $130M to revamp NYC jails for mentally ill

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Rikers Island horror story: Mentally ill veteran “basically baked to death” in NYC prison

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Students and hackers train for cybersecurity jobs

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