U.S. Department of Justice

More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals: A Survey of the States

Publication year: 2010 | Cataloged on: Jun. 12, 2010

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  • More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals: A Survey of the States

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ANNOTATION: There is a serious problem when there are three times more mentally ill inmates than mentally ill patients in hospitals. This report looks at this problem and is divided into six sections: executive summary; introduction; methodology; results; problems associated with having seriously mentally ill persons in jails and prisons—in and out often, cost more, stay longer, often major management problems, more likely to commit suicide, and are sometimes abused; and possible solutions, among them the use of assisted outpatient treatment (AOT), shifting the funds, or reforming the treatment laws. An appendix highlights the work of Dorothea Dix.
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