This essay provides an historical look at the mentally ill in jails. The author, a longtime jail expert, draws on his vast experiences and knowledge about the population. Exploring the developments that led to the climbing numbers of people with mental illness being confined in jails instead of treated in psychiatric hospitals and clinics, he focuses on the evolution of crisis intervention teams as a valuable tool for diverting the mentally ill from correctional to mental health settings.
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