Idaho Keeps Some Psychiatric Patients in Prison, Ignoring Decades of Warnings About the Practice
Idaho Keeps Some Psychiatric Patients in Prison, Ignoring Decades of Warnings About the Practice
www.propublica.org Idaho Keeps Some Psychiatric Patients in Prison, Ignoring Decades of Warnings About the Practice
A temporary program for “dangerously mentally ill” patients has continued for five decades, despite calls from critics to provide better care. Soon, Idaho will be the only state still using prisons to house patients who face no criminal charges.
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