33121. Out of the Asylum, into the Cell
- Author:
- Sally Satel
- Publication Date:
- 11-2003
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Abstract:
- Prisons have become default mental-health treatment centers to the severe detriment of those experiencing genuine mental illness. Properly treating—rather than criminalizing—mental illness requires reforming our fragmented mental healthcare system and relaxing regulations to encourage patients to seek treatment.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Foreign Policy, Democratization, and Economics