| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
005648 |
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In Process Record. |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
| Event |
Originally produced by PBS in 2005. |
| Summary |
Fewer than 55,000 Americans currently receive treatment in psychiatric hospitals. Meanwhile, almost 10 times that number -- nearly 500,000 -- mentally ill men and women are serving time in U.S. jails and prisons. As sheriffs and prison wardens become the unexpected and often ill-equipped caretakers of this burgeoning population, they raise a troubling new concern: Have America's jails and prisons become its new asylums?. In "The New Asylums," FRONTLINE goes deep inside Ohio's state prison system to explore the complex and growing issue of mentally ill prisoners. With unprecedented access to prison therapy sessions, mental health treatment meetings, crisis wards, and prison disciplinary tribunals, the film provides a poignant and disturbing portrait of the new reality for the mentally ill.. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Documentary-style films
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Mental Health
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| Indexed Term |
North American Studies |
| Genre/Form |
North American Studies
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Documentary films
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| Added Author |
PBS (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
1204905 Kanopy |
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