Even as a sophomore in high school Dion Payne-Miller says he knows way too many people who have been incarcerated and are mentally ill or are battling addiction. “Too many, too many to count,” Payne-Miller said. “ It’s very saddening.” He believes jail is not the answer.
“It actually makes it a repeated cycle because they didn’t get the help they needed at the first time,” Payne-Miller said. Dion was just one voice in the packed Sinai Synagogue Sunday afternoon as part of the Live Free Town Hall.
