Ill-equipped: U.S. prisons and offenders with mental illness

by Sasha Abramsky

U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness documents the growing problem of mentally ill inmates in U.S. prisons. The report highlights the inadequate treatment and abuse of the mentally ill in what have become the country's de facto mental institutions.

215 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Sasha Abramsky studied politics, philosophy, and economics at Oxford University. He is now a freelance journalist and senior fellow at Demos who reports on political personalities and cultural trends.

His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, The Nation, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Guardian, and Mother Jones, among other publications.

He lives in Sacramento, California.

Reviews

[Abby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again, it is hard to say I "liked" this book because it is pretty depressing but I read it for a class and it definitely is interesting and shines some light on a big problem in our society.