September 29, 2018

The CON job you need to know about

Jared was violent and dangerous.

But he was not a criminal.

He was sick.

Not the kind of sick that can be treated in a hospital emergency room. His was a mental illness. And because of that, there was no place to take him for the crisis care he needed.

Jared (not his real name) was big and strong; in his early 20s, autistic, and intellectually challenged with an IQ of 54. He lived with his mother, who struggled to deal with a full-grown man who had the mind of a troubled child.

Then one day, for no apparent reason, Jared assaulted her.

Police were called. Jared was arrested.

That’s when his nightmare began.

Find out what happens in this tragic story in a new report by Goldwater Institute national investigative journalist Mark Flatten on government policies that are hurting people while helping special interests. It’s the CON job you need to know about.

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