Lost in the crowd: Prison mental health care, overcrowding, and the courts

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1121-1123

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; CROWDING; HUMAN; LAWYER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRISON; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CROWDING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRISONS;

EID: 80054872644     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.62.10.1121     Document Type: Article

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3. Coleman v Wilson, 912 F Supp 1282 (ED Cal 1995)
4. Estelle v Gamble, 429 US 97 (1976)
5. Prison Litigation Reform Act, PL no 104-134, 110 Stat 1321 (1996)
6. Coleman v Schwarzenegger, no CIV S-90-LKK JFM P and no C01-1351 THE (ED Cal Aug 4, 2009)
7. Brown v Plata, 131 S Ct 1910 (2011)
8. Medina J: Prison ruling raises stakes in California fiscal crisis. New York Times, May 23, 2011