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Re:Hackers hijack and publish mental health data of hundreds... by crb002 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @12:00PM (#24887246)
Not much has changed since Nellie Bly. Several are still locked up with no jury trial - just a rubber stamp by a magistrate to whatever the prosecutor asks for - the modern day equivalent being a cut and paste between Word documents.
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Re:Hackers hijack and publish mental health data of hundreds... by behringer on Sunday October 25, 2020 @12:45PM (#24887622)
We're not talking about the justice system here..
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Re:Hackers hijack and publish mental health data of hundreds... by techbio on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:39PM (#24888714)
Nelly Bly was an investigative reporter who was committed to an asylum by a judge, more at linked page. In the US, for decades, jails hold many more mentally ill people than psychiatric facilities do.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Days_in_a_Mad-House

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Re:Hackers hijack and publish mental health data of hundreds... by truantbuick on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:14PM (#24889510)
Not sure you meant to imply otherwise, but just to clarify: Bly intentionally got herself committed for an undercover assignment.
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