May 28, 2020 | New York Law Journal
Using Courts To Help Solve the Mental Health CrisisAmerica's three largest psychiatric treatment facilities are prisons—a result of the sharp decline in the number of psychiatric hospital beds since 1955—and over 16% of people in prisons are dealing with some form of serious mental illness. The criminal justice system has assumed the woe begotten position as a backstop to the public health system.
By Michael Kahn
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