| Description |
1 videocassette (VHS) (ca. 45 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in |
| Series |
Four corners (Television program)
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| Summary |
Nearly 500,000 mentally ill men and women are now locked up in America's jails. That's 10 times the number who remain in its psychiatric hospitals.Authorities in the American state of Ohio allowed cameras to go deep inside a jail system warehousing thousands of mentally ill inmates. With unprecedented access to therapy and treatment sessions, crisis wards and prison disciplinary tribunals, this PBS Frontline film starkly portrays how society has failed the mentally ill |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of ABC-TV "Four Corners" broadcast June 20, 2005. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Producer, Sarah Curnow |
| Notes |
No rating given |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Prisoners -- United States -- Ohio
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Mentally ill -- United States
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| Author |
Curnow, Sarah
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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