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| Patients as prisoners, jails new mental health institutions |
| By cbsnews.com - John Miller |
| Published: 03/06/2013 |
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Congress today heard from parents of mentally-ill children, describing long waits for mental healthcare and a shortage of psychiatrists. The problems have become urgent in the wake of mass killings including those at Newtown, Connecticut and Aurora, Colorado. With a shortage of mental facilities, jails have become the new asylums. At Chicago's biggest jail, a mentally ill inmate does a front flip on her bed, refusing medication. Correctional and medical staff moves in as the inmate struggles and they put their hands on her back, trying to restrain her. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says it's just another day at his jail. ''This is something that happens all the time here and the heart of it is, we're not a mental health facility. These people should not be here,'' said Dart Read More. |
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