MENTALLY ILL IN JAIL

TELEMUNDO KVEA 52 GOT AN ALL ACCESS PASS INTO THE LARGEST MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY IN THE COUNTRY. THE TWIN TOWERS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. DUE TO YEARS OF CUTS BY BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND HOSPITALS, THE NUMBER OF MENTALLY ILL INMATES HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES. THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFFS AND THE LOS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT WORK HARD TO TRY AND PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES FOR THESE ILL INMATES. BUT IS THERE MORE THAT CAN BE DONE? CAN THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOOK INTO PROVIDING MORE CARE IN MAIN-STREAM AMERICA? RUBEN LUENGAS PRESENTS A FULL REPORT.


CORRESPONDENT, RUEBEN LUENGAS
PRODUCER,LINDA SALOMON
PHOTOGRAPHERS
JORGE DIAZ
GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ
EDITOR JUAN MANUEL MARTINEZ

Category:

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• TOWERS
• BACA
• JAIL
• MENTALLY
• ILL
• EN
• CONTEXTO
• RUBEN
• KVEA
• LOS
• ANGELES

[clustergarde]

any normal person would get mad living under such conditions.

[FuCKaBitCh78]

i been to the twin towers jail and that place aint no joke...

and if your sick...good luck to you..

because all the meds your looking at wont help for shit...

[angrybirdsforever]

@2011babyjoshy

Gosh you are disgusting.

[2011babyjoshy]

im an adultbaby and ive been in jail they didnt like me cuss they didnt want to change me when i wet or poo my diaper and times they didnt even give me them so i wet and pooed in lots on floor ect

[bg11215]

This is so sad.

[210482fmj]

alot of the people who work in these places are the real sick mentally ill people.

[210482fmj]

you usually find most doctors are evil deep down inside

[darealrookie]

What he talking about its not a prison "County Jail"

[cocoKasper]

some people are in jail for crimes they didn't commit, and are just awaiting trial. judges set high bails knowing some people can't afford them. and the police brutality inside jails, is a daily thing. That goes unpunished, or even mentioned in media, and with officers covering for each other.. some people mouth off to officers, and get beat for it. some officers don't seem to have problems breaking the Law. also even people with petty crimes, no show in court, or not paying fines, go there.

[monkie8693]

module 171 172...fun times free "QUE PASO"