Crisis in Corrections: The Mentally Ill in America's Prisons. Dean H. Aufderheide and Patrick H. Brown.
by Aufderheide, Dean H; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 28Health. Publisher: Corrections Today, 2005ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Correctional institutions | Criminal statistics | Mental health services | Mental illness -- Treatment | Mentally ill prisonersDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Individuals with mental illness appear to be disproportionately represented in America's prisons. 'Prisons have become the nation's primary mental health facilities,' said Jamie Fellner, director of Human Rights Watch's U.S. program." (CORRECTIONS TODAY) This article reveals that "America's prison inmates have rates of mental illness that are up to four times greater than rates for the general population" and discusses the problem of using prisons as mental health facilities.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Crisis in Corrections: The Mentally Ill in America's Prisons, Feb. 2005; pp. 30-33.
"Individuals with mental illness appear to be disproportionately represented in America's prisons. 'Prisons have become the nation's primary mental health facilities,' said Jamie Fellner, director of Human Rights Watch's U.S. program." (CORRECTIONS TODAY) This article reveals that "America's prison inmates have rates of mental illness that are up to four times greater than rates for the general population" and discusses the problem of using prisons as mental health facilities.
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