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Mental illness, Suicide

Zoë van Dijk for NPR

New inmates with a mental illness

arrive daily in the Los Angeles County jail system.

It now holds more than 5,000 inmates

with a mental illness who've had run-ins with the law.

America's Mental Health Crisis Hidden Behind Bars

February 25, 2020    5:01 AM ET

NPR

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/
805469776/americas-mental-health-crisis-hidden-behind-bars

The Cook County sheriff, Thomas Dart, center,

talks with inmates Russell, right, and Compton.

Russell, 46, has been diagnosed with severe depression.

Photograph: John Gress

The New York Times

Inside a Mental Hospital Called Jail

NYT

8 February 2014

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/
opinion/sunday/inside-a-mental-hospital-called-jail.html

mental health

inmates with mental illness / mentally ill inmates / the mentally ill

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/
us/politics/prison-mental-health-care.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/07/16/
891438605/psychiatrist-americas-extremely-punitive-prisons-
make-mental-illness-worse

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/
809368257/in-los-angeles-
a-program-to-get-those-with-mental-illness-away-from-jails

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/
805469776/americas-mental-health-crisis-hidden-behind-bars

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/12/
736612514/seattle-faces-backlash-
after-easing-up-on-punishing-crimes-involving-mental-illn

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/03/
690872394/most-inmates-with-mental-illness-still-wait-for-decent-care

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/10/
627519801/behind-bars-
mentally-ill-inmates-are-often-punished-for-their-symptoms

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/
books/review/insane-alisa-roth.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/04/25/
605666107/insane-americas-3-largest-psychiatric-facilities-are-jails

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/13/
537076246/federal-report-criticizes-harsh-treatment-of-lewisburg-prisoners

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/04/25/
525533732/psychiatrist-recalls-heartbreak-and-hope-on-bellevues-prison-ward

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/19/
520743255/after-schizophrenic-inmate-dies-in-a-shower-
florida-prosecutor-finds-no-wrongdoi

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/06/
504443879/signed-out-of-prison-but-not-signed-up-for-health-insurance

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/05/09/
getting-the-mentally-ill-out-of-jail-and-off-the-streets

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/us/
a-psychologist-as-warden-jail-and-mental-illness-intersect-in-chicago.html

The Psychologist Warden

Video    The New York Times    8 August 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srm11pQ1eTM

limit the jail detentions

of people awaiting mental health treatment

https://www.propublica.org/article/
mississippi-lawmakers-jail-detentions-mentally-ill - May 13, 2024

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