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More mentally ill end up in jails

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

More mentally ill end up in jails By Susan Abram, Staff Writer Article Last Updated: 04/14/2008 06:34:00 AM PDT SHERMAN OAKS - The number of psychiatric beds in public hospitals has fallen dramatically across California and the nation - with the Golden State now dedicating just 17 beds for mentally ill patients for every 100,000 residents, according to a newly released report. While the ratio in California mirrors the national average, it represents a sharp drop over the past five decades - from 340 beds per 100,000 people nationwide in 1955, according to the report by the national nonprofit Treatment Advocacy Center. "The results of this report are dire and the failure to provide care for the most seriously mentally ill individuals is disgraceful," said Dr...continue to full post

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