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American prisons house 10 times more individuals with mental illness than psychiatric hospitals do
For far too many, America’s legal system is about punishment, not justice
Senator Chris Coons
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Data from the Treatment Advocacy Center suggests this is the case: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/30/a-shocking-number-of-mentally-ill-americans-end-up-in-prisons-instead-of-psychiatric-hospitals/
