Social injustice is ever-present in our society. Twenty years ago, I wondered what happened to all the people with mental illness who were released when public institutions were shut down. I learned that many ended up in jails and prison, severely traumatized and with terms up to 3x longer than the general population. The groundbreaking investigative series we produced for Court TV, "Inside the Criminal Mind," was covered on the front page of the New York Times Arts section, in this terrific article by Lawrie Mifflin.
Click on the caption to link to the story on the NY Times website.
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