Mentally ill inmates suing Cuomo over ‘extended’ prison times

Mentally ill inmates suing Cuomo over ‘extended’ prison times
A group of mentally ill prisoners is suing Gov. Cuomo and other state officials, claiming that they have been kept behind bars long past their release dates because the state doesn’t have anywhere to put them. The Manhattan federal class-action lawsuit says state officials often require that mentally ill prisoners be placed in “community-based housing…