jun 9, 1992 - 1992 - A survey of American jails reports that 7.2 percent of inmates are overtly and seriously mentally ill.
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Meaning that 100,000 seriously mentally ill people have been incarcerated. Over a quarter of them are held without charges, often awaiting a bed in a psychiatric hospitalAdded to timeline:
Date:
jun 9, 1992
Now
~ 33 years ago