Roth, Alisa

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July 10, 2018

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Behind Bars, Mentally Ill Inmates Are Often Punished For Their Symptoms

How America's jails and prisons have become America's defacto mental health providers. Journalist Alisa Roth is the author of the new book 'Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness.'

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