Article: A 'hellish world': the mental health crisis overwhelming America's prisons : Guardian by Alisa Roth

A 'hellish world': the mental health crisis overwhelming America's prisons
The Guardian March 31, 2018 by Alisa Roth

In America, jails and prisons have become the nation’s de facto mental healthcare providers – and the results are chilling ....

Across the country, correctional facilities are struggling with the reality that they have become the nation’s de facto mental healthcare providers, although they are hopelessly ill-equipped for the job. They are now contending with tens of thousands of people with mental illness who, by some counts, make up as much as half of their populations.

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