HOT TOPIC The jailing of mentally ill drug addicts. Senator Jim Webb states in his address to the U.S. Senate that there are four times as mentally ill prisoners currently incarcerated than there are in treatment facilities. Drug addiction is the number one conduit for persons who have mental illness to find themselves in jail. This piece focuses on one family’s impact from this reality. Read ” The System is Crazy”.
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December 14, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Barbara
I just found this post. Another good one. thanks