California has a problem: in the 60’s, the state had 36,853 mentally ill in state hospitals; today, the state has 33,777 inmates judged mentally ill within the state prison system. They didn’t go away, did they, when the state hospitals closed down. Donald Specter, head of Prison Law Office, is attempting to get the inmates real help.
http://www.modbee.com/2013/04/02/2650807/mental-health-issue-rooted-in.html