Hundreds of thousands of the inmates who populate the nation's jails and prison systems today are identified as mentally ill. Many experts point to the deinstit

An urgent exposé of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons America has made mental illness a crime. Jails in New York, Los Angeles, and Chi

This book examines how the prison environment, architecture and culture can affect mental health as well as determine both the type and delivery of mental healt

It has long been known that the pathway through the criminal justice system for those with mental health needs is fraught with difficulty. This interdisciplinar

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