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Each year, an estimated 2 million people suffering from mental illness are booked into county jails. In Kansas City, Missouri, like other places around the country, officials are looking for a better way to get those people the help they need to get back on their feet. John Yang reports in partnersh...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Yang, John (Journalist) (Interviewer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: District of Columbia : NewsHour Productions, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Mentally ill offenders > Deinstitutionalization.
Alternatives to imprisonment.
Dangerously mentally ill > Services for.
Mentally ill offenders.
Dangerously mentally ill > Mental health services.
Alternative convictions.
Criminels vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Désinstitutionnalisation.
Emprisonnement > Alternative.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale dangereuses > Services.
Criminels vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale.
Personnes vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale dangereuses > Services de santé mentale.
Alternative convictions
Alternatives to imprisonment
Mentally ill offenders
Television news programs
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Each year, an estimated 2 million people suffering from mental illness are booked into county jails. In Kansas City, Missouri, like other places around the country, officials are looking for a better way to get those people the help they need to get back on their feet. John Yang reports in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed August 15, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (9 min.)
Playing Time:00:09:18