Health Care & Hospital Law
Feb. 18, 1999
How to Treat Mentally Ill Sparks Debate
SACRAMENTO - Too many of the mentally ill are incarcerated in jails and prisons throughout California, according to their advocates. Those advocates disagree sharply, however, over how to address a problem that some say has turned the state's corrections system into a mental hospital of last resort for an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 inmates.
Those advocates disagree sharply, however, over how to address a problem that some say has turned the state's correc...
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