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Illness In Prisons

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Approximately half of the total prison population struggles with mental illness. Over the last few decades, mental health facilities have been shut down and more prisons have been built, nationwide. There are some interventions intended to improve the health of inmates, but there aren’t any nationwide programs. People with severe mental health problems have trouble with becoming productive members of society once they are released from prison, and they are more likely to be arrested again. People with mental illness can receive medication while in prison, if the prison they’re in has the resources to provide care. Many of these people don’t receive proper care, if any at all, which jeopardizes the safety of themselves, their fellow inmates,

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