"But
prisoners' rights advocates around the nation say putting mentally
ill inmates in long-term solitary confinement amounts to cruel and
unusual punishment. In some states, activists are pushing court
challenges to get convicts out of isolation."
We
have way too many people doing things to get put in jail in order to
get needed medical care because they can not afford to get
it on their own. Now we also have to face the fact that for
persons suffering from mental illness we send them to jail in order
to avoid paying for needed mental health treatment. Jails have
become a hidden part of our health care system. One we need to
address as part of reform.
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