Mentally Ill More Likely To Spend Time In Prison
In today’s prison system, the mentally ill are more likely to spend their time in jail than getting help for their condition. And the prison system has failed its inmates with mental disorders more times than not. Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons About 400,000 inmates in the U.S. prison system are estimated to be mentally ill. […]
More Mentally Ill Peeople are in Prison than Hospitals
According to to the Treatment Advocacy Center more people suffering from mental illness are in jails and prisons than hospitals and mental health facilities. Using previously unpublished data from 2004 and 2005, TAC found that the mentally ill are three times more likely to be in jail or prison than in hospitals. Broken down by […]