Mental Illness/Prisons & Recidivism

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An 8 page research paper that looks at the incidence of mentally ill prisoners in the American system. The U.S. prison population currently houses more than 2.1 million people. Many of these inmates suffer from substance abuse and mental illness. But research shows that only a small percentage of these prisoners receive treatment and rehabilitation while incarcerated and, therefore, recidivism rates for these individuals remains high. The following examination of relevant literature on this topic shows that many mentally ill inmates receive no treatment, do not receive psychotropic medications that they need or the follow care that would reintegrate them into society. Bibliography lists 7 sources.