Miami-Dade Attempts to Stop Jailing the Mentally Ill : vimar

About 70 percent of those in the Florida county’s jail are classified as undergoing treatment for a mental health condition, making it the largest psychiatric institution in the state. The jail spends $848,000 a day to “warehouse” the inmates.

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