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mental illness would have ended up in one of =he big state-run hospitals that were used to warehouse the seriously mentally =11. Documentaries like Frederick Wiseman's "Titicut Follies" helped expose the dehumanizing conditions and l=d to reforms. One by one, the big asylums were shut down, and over time, a half mi
new inmates with mental illness. Elli Montgo=ery: We have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...15. With a severe mental illness. Steve Kroft: Just this morning? Elli Montgomery: Yeah, just this morning. Severely mentally ill. Not like a little bit of depression. Most of them will be here for several days to several months,
like this, involuntarily committed to one of the big state-run hospitals that were used to warehouse the seriously mentally ill. Documentaries like Frederick Wiseman's "Titicut Follies" helped expose the dehumanizing conditions and led to reforms. One by one, the big asylums were shut down, and over time, a half mi
rehoused in a state mental institution, but those very same people were OK if we warehouse 'em in a jail. It's just-- you've got to be kidding me. (Elli Montgomery: Were you ever diagnosed with depression or bipolar disorder? Inmate: Yeah, a long time ago.) Every day Elli Montgomery, one of five social workers
like this, involuntarily committed to one of the big state-run hospitals that were used to warehouse the seriously mentally ill. Documentaries like Frederick Wiseman's "Titicut Follies" helped expose the dehumanizing conditions and led to reforms. One by one, the big asylums were shut down, and over time, a half mi
rehoused in a state mental institution, but those very same people were OK if we warehouse 'em in a jail. It's just-- you've got to be kidding me. (Elli Montgomery: Were you ever diagnosed with depression or bipolar disorder? Inmate: Yeah, a long time ago.) Every day Elli Montgomery, one of five social workers
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