Go behind the scenes of one woman's odyssey through justice, mental health systems

A retired woman from Cornwall, Ont., with bipolar disorder who's been jailed, hospitalized and homeless dozens of times since 2018 is finally in secure housing, but wonders if things have changed for other people like her. Here's how our stories about Barbara Cleary came to be, the unusually high number of people touched by them, and where it will go from here.

Go behind the scenes of one woman's odyssey through justice, mental health systems
A woman sitting in a room with a cane.

A retired woman from Cornwall, Ont., with bipolar disorder who's been jailed, hospitalized and homeless dozens of times since 2018 is finally in secure housing, but wonders if things have changed for other people like her. Here's how our stories about Barbara Cleary came to be, the unusually high number of people touched by them, and where it will go from here.