The Correlation between Incarceration and the Decline in Mental Health of Jail Inmates (1474 words, 5 pages)
At midyear 2005 more than half of all prison and jail inmates had a mental health problem, including 705,600 inmates in State prisons, 78,800 in Federal prisons, and 479,900 in local jails. These estimates represented 56 of State prisoners, 45 of Federal prisoners, and 64 of jail inmates. The findings ...
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