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August 3, 2008
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Treatment or Prison for Mental Patients?

By Mary Neal (about the author)

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Treatment or Prison for Mental Patients?

Should mentally ill people be treated in hospitals and outpatient facilities rather than imprisoned for their disabilities?

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Founder and director of Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill ("AIMI"), an advocacy agency established in 2007 to (a) decriminalize mental illness in America; (b) remove the stigma associated with mental illness; (c) increase accessibility to (more...)

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