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Mental health crisis deepens in overcrowded prisons
Original: Behind bars and beyond capacity: The mental health crisis in prisons
Reports highlight a growing mental health crisis inside prisons, where overcrowding has left facilities operating beyond capacity and unable to provide adequate psychological care. Prisoners with mental illness are said to face worsening conditions, with staff under-resourced and treatment programmes stretched thin. Commentators are calling for reform of prison healthcare and alternatives to incarceration for people with severe mental health needs.
Why now: Fresh reporting has drawn attention to how prison overcrowding is worsening the treatment of mentally ill inmates.
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