Mental Illness and Prisons

A 2006 study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that the number of inmates with mental health issues has risen four times since 1998. The lack of mental health services is a main contributor to the problem. With the right treatment many of these people would never have been in jail in the first place.

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