Mentally Ill Inmates: BOP Plans to Improve Screening and Care in Federal Prisons and Jails

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Author(s)

• Stana, Richard M.
• Hamilton, Geoffrey R.
• Tehas, Vernon

Source(s)

• U.S. General Accounting Office (Washington, DC)

Details

Published 1991. 23 pages.

Related Topics

• Federal Prison System (Offender Management)
• Mentally ill (Special Offenders)
• Psychiatric diagnosis (Offender Services)

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