Virginia's only state-run psychiatric hospital for children is recommended for shutdown by state auditors due to severe conditions. In Idaho, the practice of imprisoning mentally ill patients without criminal charges has persisted for decades, with calls for change being ignored. A temporary program for 'dangerously mentally ill' patients in Idaho has continued for five decades, despite criticism. Soon, Idaho will be the only state still using prisons to house such patients.
Idaho will soon be the last state to legally sanction the practice of imprisoning patients who are mentally ill but are not criminals. “I think it’s really tragic that it has been this many years, and we’re still at this point,” one advocate said. https://t.co/RZ0VzZv6Ow
In Idaho, some people with mental illness are imprisoned without a criminal conviction. For decades, pleas to change the practice have been ignored. https://t.co/pVl5OnBr1Y
Things have gotten so bad at Virginia's only state-run psychiatric hospital for children that it should be shut down, state auditors concluded in a report released this week. https://t.co/VTP4hUt39m
If you don’t think pot legalization isn’t costing states big bucks, try visiting a psychiatric ICU in a state hospital. Teens especially overrunning the system.
A temporary program for “dangerously mentally ill” patients has continued for five decades, despite calls from critics to provide better care. Soon, Idaho will be the only state still using prisons to house patients who face no criminal charges. https://t.co/PgSpV1aQay
New: Idaho Keeps Some Psychiatric Patients in Prison, Ignoring Decades of Warnings About the Practice https://t.co/oN4IiwNhfe
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