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Treating mental illness in our prisons and jails
The City of Ventura is struggling to come to terms with story of a man who was murdered by a homeless person in a popular local restaurant. We’ll get reaction. Then, to San Luis Obispo where a mentally ill inmate died behind bars.
By Jonathan Bastian • • 25m ListenPhoto Credit: Alper Çuğun.
In this episode
3 storiesStabbing in Ventura has residents calling for swift action on homelessness
California Street in Ventura is one of the most iconic spots in the city. It’s where people stroll up and down the beach, check out the pier, and watch surfers catch waves. But last Wednesday, that area became the scene of a grizzly murder.
Read the story8 minStrapped to a chair for two days, schizophrenic inmate in SLO dies
The death of a schizophrenic inmate in San Luis Obispo County Jail has shed a light on how the mentally ill are treated in jails. Andrew Holland died of a pulmonary embolism after being strapped to a restraint chair for 46 hours.
Read the story8 minPrisons and jails are some of America’s largest psychiatric facilities
Journalist Alissa Roth has spent years investigating just how we got to the point where America’s prisons and jails are filled with mentally ill inmates.
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