:: blame the extended gestation.... ::

:: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 ::

HRW: Ill Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness: I. SUMMARY: "Somewhere between two and three hundred thousand men and women in U.S. prisons suffer from mental disorders, including such serious illnesses as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. An estimated seventy thousand are psychotic on any given day. Yet across the nation, many prison mental health services are woefully deficient, crippled by understaffing, insufficient facilities, and limited programs. All too often seriously ill prisoners receive little or no meaningful treatment. They are neglected, accused of malingering, treated as disciplinary problems."

:: Jim Nichols 10/22/2003 08:07:00 PM [+] ::
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