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How systemic failures turn state mental hospitals into prisons

The mental health system in the U. S. is facing critical challenges, often leading to the criminalization of individuals instead of providing necessary help. Families, like that of Quincy Jackson III, express deep concern for their loved ones caught in this cycle, highlighting systemic failures that treat state mental hospitals more like prisons than places of healing.

How systemic failures turn state mental hospitals into prisons

Credit: Meg Vogel for The Marshall Project and KFF Health News

Key Highlights

  • Mental health system failures lead to criminalization instead of treatment.
  • Families fear for the safety of their loved ones in the mental health system.
  • Quincy Jackson III's mother emphasizes the need for better support rather than incarceration.
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  1. How systemic failures turn state mental hospitals into prisons

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