Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System: Re-Institutionalization behind Bars
Americans have typically feared the reality of mental illness, which has resulted in a traumatic history of systematic oppression to some of the most vulnerable individuals. Although the common thought is that the United States has abolished its practice of indefinitely removing mentally ill individuals from society, in actuality, the practice is alive and well—through the criminal justice system. According to a 2016 article by The Pew, the United States is short 123,300 psyc