Prison 'default' for mentally ill
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Too many people with mental health problems end up in prison when they need specialist care, a report says.
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Opposition to Government proposals to locate the Central Mental Hospital in the new Mountjoy prison complex escalated today. The Irish College of Psychiatrists joined the Stateâs mental health watchdog, patients
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Description: Since news of inmate abuse at Abu Ghraib prison first broke, questions have focused on whether senior officials were to blame.
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Severely mentally ill people in Fairfax County whose families are trying to get them emergency help are being released without receiving treatment -- or even a hearing -- because there are not enough independent psychologists to examine them.
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Â· Concern about system strong among women Â· Detention is believed by many to create criminals
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The home office will ask that a foreign terror suspect released from jail under mental health grounds is sent back to prison.
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A man accused of killing his wife with a sledgehammer in 2004 has been ruled too mentally incompetent to stand trial and will remain in a state mental health facility, a judge ruled.Comment
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The government waters down plans to allow the enforced treatment of potentially dangerous mental health patients.
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Nationalists want to know if a  minister agreed to the unescorted outing of a violent schizophrenic prisoner.
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CHICAGO -- Interested inmates at Newton Correctional Facility in Iowa receive teaching material that declares: "Criminal behavior is a manifestation of an alienation between the self and God. Acceptance of God and Biblical principles results in cure through the power of the Holy Spirit....
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New York's highest court ruled Tuesday that the state wrongly confined convicted sex offenders in psychiatric facilities after their prison sentences ended.
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Â· Research argues that orders are not working  Â· Evidence suggests lack of support for offenders
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A man is sectioned under the Mental Health Act after pleading guilty to defecating on trains.
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Government plans to allow the enforced treatment of potentially dangerous mental health patients are likely to be watered-down.
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Advocates for the mentally ill are trying to secure voting rights while concern mounts about the risks of voting by people with conditions like dementia.
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The state's human-services chief was ordered to pay $80,000 for keeping mentally ill inmates in jail, a fine that came a week after she was charged with criminal contempt.
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New measures offering some persistent offenders an alternative to prison are  unveiled by Cathy Jamieson.