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| Prisons largest mental institutions, study shows |
| By clarionledger.com - Jimmie E. Gates |
| Published: 04/10/2014 |
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In Mississippi, the largest mental institution is not the State Hospital at Whitfield. It’s the East Mississippi Correctional Facility near Meridian, a national study says. A prison or jail is now de facto the largest mental institution in Mississippi and almost every state, says the study released this week by the Arlington, Va.-based Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs’ Association. The survey found that, in 44 states, the largest institution housing people with severe psychiatric disease is a prison or jail. Nationwide, the study reports an estimated 356,000 mentally ill inmates compared with 35,000 public hospital patients. Read More. |
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