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Anna Sage JBBS Case Manager and Mental Health Professional photo by Annie Uyehara The Incarcerated and Brain Injuries By Annie Uyehara NOTE: This is the second installation of a two part series on people with brain injuries. Last month we wrote of the challenge of having a brain injury and the Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado (BIAC). Imagine telling a judge that you have no recollection of doing anything wrong but still find yourself behind bars.   This may sound like an excuse, but people with brain injuries often do not recall what they’ve done or even that it’s criminal, yet end up incarcerated. “A lot of the incarcerated have had a brain injury, so it can be very frustrating for the judicial system to understand what [people with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)] are going through,” says Audrey McNeely, Navigator and Advisor at the Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado (BIAC). “For those with brain injuries to say to a judge, ‘I can’t remember,’ doesn’t seem adequate, and it’s