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South Sudan: families with no options for mental health care sometimes turn to prisons
When traditional herbs failed to calm the turmoil in his mind, Samat Nyuk’s family felt they had no other option: they asked local authorities to detain their 33-year-old son.
Source: Radio Tamazuj (16/10/2025)