Stat: Mental Illness Among Inmates

Side Effects Public Media | By Sound Medicine Radio

Published July 14, 2014 at 12:00 AM EDT

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According to a recent report from the Treatment Advocacy Center, a large percentage of inmates had a mental illness in 2012.

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