The 805

Prisons and jails are some of America’s largest psychiatric facilities

Hosted by Jonathan Bastian Apr. 27, 2018 Central Coast

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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Credits

Guest:

Alisa Roth - Author of “Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness” - @alisa_roth

Host:

Jonathan Bastian

Producer:

Kathryn Barnes

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