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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 million inmates wer
is a population that people don't car= about and so as a result of that there are not the resources out there to c=re for them. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is in charge of the jail and he is not very happy about the situation. T=m Dart: I've got probably 2,500, 2,800 people with mental illness in my ja
ily 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 million inmates we
est mental institution in the United States is the Cook County Jail in Chicago. It houses the largest number of mentally ill people in the country. Tom Dart: This is a population that people don't care about and so as a result of that there are not the resources out there to care for them. Cook County S
ily 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 million inmates we
est mental institution in the United States is the Cook County Jail in Chicago. It houses the largest number of mentally ill people in the country. Tom Dart: This is a population that people don't care about and so as a result of that there are not the resources out there to care for them. Cook County S
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