Jared Lee Loughner could soon join the ranks of mentally ill prisoners across the country, if convicted. Mansfield Frazier on how prisons have become the last resort for the mentally ill. Plus, 19 signs Loughner was about to blow.
The only place in America where health care is constitutionally guaranteed is behind bars. And for many in need of mental-health services, our nation's prisons have become the provider of last resort.
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While other facilities can shutter their doors, or choose and limit the number of mentally ill patients allowed in, prisons cannot. But the delivery of mental-health services behind bars can, at times, be problematic.
And that may be what Jared Lee Loughner, the man charged with killing six innocent people and severely wounding Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, will ultimately face behind bars.
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The only place in America where health care is constitutionally guaranteed is behind bars. And for many in need of mental-health services, our nation's prisons have become the provider of last resort.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Why Obama Won't Touch Gun Control
While other facilities can shutter their doors, or choose and limit the number of mentally ill patients allowed in, prisons cannot. But the delivery of mental-health services behind bars can, at times, be problematic.
And that may be what Jared Lee Loughner, the man charged with killing six innocent people and severely wounding Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, will ultimately face behind bars.
• Full coverage of the Arizona shootingThe...
- 1/14/2011
- by Mansfield Frazier
- The Daily Beast
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