mistreating inmates

The Joliet Treatment Center, southwest of Chicago, is one of four facilities now providing mental health care to some of Illinois' sickest inmates. It's a start, say mental health advocates, but many more inmates in Illinois and across the U.S. still awai

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Most Inmates With Mental Illness Still Wait For Decent Care

2:42pm February 03, 2019

by Christine Herman

Nearly three years after the state of Illinois agreed in a court settlement to revamp mental health care in prisons and provide better treatment, a judge says the care remains "grossly insufficient."

High Desert State Prison in Susanville, Calif.

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State Report Finds Pattern Of Abuse At A Northern California Prison

5:09pm December 17, 2015

by Merrit Kennedy

A new study finds a pattern of guards abusing inmates at remote High Desert State Prison. That includes a "culture of racism" and mistreating inmates with disabilities.