Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia broke the mold as the first-ever clinical psychologist to run Chicago’s Cook County Jail, which holds thousands of people with mental illness.
Jones Tapia's earliest experiences with the criminal justice system date back to her childhood, when her father was arrested and sent to prison for marijuana possession. She and her family would travel to the prison to share Sunday-night dinners.
“I had other close family members that were incarcerated - and friends that were incarcerated,” she told The Marshall Project. “It unveiled the truth for me, that our justice system doesn’t work for so many people that look like me.”
Jones Tapia left the Cook County Jail in 2018 to join Chicago Beyond and now works with young trauma survivors and the children of incarcerated parents.
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