The New Asylums | Are Prisons the New Mental Hospitals?

Nearly half a million people in America’s prisons and jails were dealing with mental illness in 2005. FRONTLINE examined mental health in the prison system. (Aired 2005) When “The New Asylums” was originally released, 16 percent of America’s prison population could be classified as having a severe...

55 min - True Crime - FRONTLINE PBS

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