Bedlam Behind Bars: Mental Health Problems in American Prisons

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There is a crisis today in America's prison system which has little to do with crime. It contributes to the abuse and even the deaths of some prisoners at the hands of those paid to take care of them. With access to two US jails, this program finds America's prisons are now having to accommodate vast numbers of inmates with serious mental health problems. The program reveals that more than a million mentally troubled Americans are imprisoned and may be chained to beds, sprayed with pepper spray and kept in isolation indefinitely
Bedlam Behind Bars: Introduction
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Timothy Souders
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Cook County Jail^ Chicago
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Abusing Mentally Ill Inmates
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Prison Living Conditions
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Failing Mental Health System
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Harris County Jail
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Prisoner in Isolation
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Bridgewater Correctional Complex
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Caring for Mental Illness
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Credits: Bedlam Behind Bars: Mental Health Problems in American Prisons
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