Candie Hailey did a three-year pretrial stint at Rikers Island before facing a jury on charges of attempted murder final year. She spent more than two thirds of that time in solitary confinement,and attempted suicide eight times. When Hailey finally got her day in court, the jury found her not guilty. “I would say I’ve been through hell and back, or ” Hailey told the Associated Press. “My soul died but my body is alive.”Read more...
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